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PART 10N.I.SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES

Disabled distance learning students’ allowanceN.I.

112.—(1) An eligible distance learning student qualifies in accordance with this Part for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Department is satisfied the student is obliged to incur by reason of a disability to which the student is subject in respect of undertaking a designated distance learning course.

(2) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for the grant under this regulation if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 2 into which the student falls is paragraph 9.

F1(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for the grant under this regulation unless the Department considers that the student is undertaking the designated distance learning course in Northern Ireland [F2on the first day of the first academic year] .

[F3(4A) A student qualifying for a grant under this regulation will no longer qualify for the grant if the Department considers that the student is undertaking the course outside the United Kingdom.]

[F4(4B) Paragraphs (4) and (4A) do not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 2 on the basis of temporary employment falling within paragraph 1(5)(a) of that Schedule.]

[F5(4C) For the purposes of paragraph (4), a person (“A”) is to be treated as undertaking the designated distance learning course in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year if on the first day of the first academic year A would have been so resident but for the fact that-

(a)A,

(b)A’s spouse or civil partner,

(c)A’s parent, or

(d)in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, A’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner,

is or was temporarily employed in England, Scotland or Wales as a member of the regular naval, military or air forces of the crown.]

(5) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of grant under this regulation is the amount that the Department considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances.

(6) The amount of the grant under this regulation must not exceed—

(a)£20,938 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

(b)£5,266 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

(c)the additional expenditure incurred—

(i)within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;

(ii)within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a part of the course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the Institute;

(d)£1,759 in respect of an academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.

[F6(7) Subject to paragraph (8), the grant under this regulation is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year, except where it is used for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment.

(8) Where regulation 106(3) applies, a student may qualify for the grant under this regulation for the purposes specified in paragraph (6)(a), (c) or (d) in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.]

Textual Amendments

F4Reg. 112(4B) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/43), regs. 1(3), 8

F5Reg. 112(4C) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/35), regs. 1(1), 5

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 112 in operation at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)