Responsible for the child
You count as responsible for a child for the Best Start grant if any of the following applies on the day you claim.1Regs 9 and 10 EYA(BSG)(S) Regs •The child is your dependant. S/he counts as your dependant if:
◦you are getting child benefit for her/him; or
◦you are getting CTC and s/he is included in your award; or
◦you are getting UC and s/he is included in your award; or
◦you are getting a child amount for her/him in your PC.
•You are under 20, the parent of the child, you normally live with her/him and you are a dependant in someone else’s child benefit, CTC, UC or PC.
•You have adopted the child under Scottish law, or under the law of another jurisdiction recognised under Scottish law.
•The child has been placed with you for adoption by an approved adoption agency.
•You are the appointed guardian of the child.
•You are a kinship carer for the child and the child lives with you either under the terms of a kinship care order or under an agreement with a local authority where the child is a looked after child.
•You have been granted a parental order following a surrogate pregnancy.