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Regulation 18(3)
1. This Schedule shall apply in the case of a student who does not ordinarily live with a spouse or with another person as a spouse.
2.—(1) This paragraph shall apply where the student has dependants within the meaning of Part III of Schedule 2.
(2) In the case of such a student–
(a)the sum to be disregarded under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 3 shall be £1,780 instead of £820; or
(b)his requirements under paragraph 13 of Part III of Schedule 2 shall be treated as increased by the sum of £1,025; or
(c)in the case of a student to whom Part IV of Schedule 2 applies, his requirements shall be treated as including the sum specified in paragraph 17 thereof,
whichever is the most favourable to him (disregarding paragraph (b) where, in pursuance of the following paragraph, he elects as there mentioned).
3.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a student with one or more child dependants under the age of 19 years and for the purpose of this paragraph “child” shall have the same meaning as in Part III of Schedule 2.
(2) Such a student may elect that the sum specified as his requirements in Part III of Schedule 2 shall be disregarded and that instead there shall in calculating his income be disregarded £2,380 in respect of his only or eldest such child and £750 in respect of every other such child.