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The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
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Calculations involving months
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7.—(1) Where a day (“day 1”) is described as falling a specified number of months before or after another day (“day 2”), the date of day 1 is to be determined as follows.
(2) Count backwards or forwards (as the case may be) the specified number of months from the month in which day 2 falls.
(3) If the month arrived at in accordance with paragraph (2) has a day corresponding to day 2, day 1 is that day of the month arrived at.
(4) If the month arrived at in accordance with paragraph (2) has too few days to have a day corresponding to day 2, day 1 is the last day of the month arrived at(1).
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For example, if a child is born on 31st August, the day falling 6 months after the day the child is born is 28th February (or 29th February in a leap year).
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