Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

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1(1)The regulations must be framed so that an individual’s eligibility depends on the individual satisfying one of the primary eligibility criteria.

(2)The primary eligibility criteria are that the individual—

(a)is, or has been, more than a specified number of weeks pregnant,

(b)has a relationship of a specified kind to another individual who is, or has been, more than a specified number of weeks pregnant,

(c)is to, or has, become responsible for a child within a specified period of the child’s birth,

(d)is responsible for a child when a specified event in the child’s life occurs or has become responsible for the child within a specified period of the event.

(3)The regulations are to define what being responsible for a child means for the purpose of determining entitlement to early years assistance.