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(a) the expected date of confinement;

(b) the expected date of birth of the child (including any still-born);

(c) the date of the adoption order; or

(d) in the case of a child in respect of whom an order has been granted pursuant to section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990[6], the date of the order,

is before 16th June 2002.

    (2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a claim is made for a Sure Start Maternity Grant before 16th June 2002 in respect of a child born (including any still-born) on or after that date, regulation 5(2) of the General Regulations shall have effect as if the amount of the Sure Start Maternity Grant in that case were £500.

    (3) Where a decision is made in a case to which paragraph (2) applies on the basis that the amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant is £300 - 

(a) that decision may be revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998 (revision of decisions) - 


(i) within 13 months of that decision; or

(ii) where the Secretary of State receives an application for a revision of that decision made within 13 months of that decision; and



(b) any payment made pursuant to that decision (before revision) shall be offset against any amount payable pursuant to the revision under section 9 of that Act.

    (4) Regulation 4(1) of the General Regulations (provision against double payment) shall not prevent a payment being made in consequence of paragraphs (2) and (3).



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

16th January 2002

[2] 1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribed". Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), section 2 and Schedule 3, paragraph 29(1), (2) and (4).back

[3] 1998 c. 14.back

[4] See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).back

[5] S.I. 1987/481. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/528 and 2000/2229.back

[6] 1990 c. 37.back

  Prepared 24 January 2002