The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

11.  In Schedule 4 (disabled postgraduate student’s grant)—

(a) in paragraph 14(2), for “the quarter or quarters of the academic year beginning after the relevant event occurs” substitute “the academic year from the date that the relevant event occurs”;

(b) in paragraph 18(6)(d), for “of the purposes” substitute “type of expenditure”;

(c) in paragraph 20—

(i) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The amount of disabled postgraduate student’s grant payable to an eligible postgraduate student in respect of an academic year is the amount—

(a) which the Welsh Ministers think appropriate, but

(b) which does not exceed the aggregate amount of the limits applicable in respect of the Cases listed in sub-paragraph (2).”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) The Cases and the limits are—

Case 1

Expenditure required on a non-medical personal helper, major items of specialist equipment and any other expenditure the eligible postgraduate student incurs in connection with the course by reason of the student’s disability (apart from the expenditure specified in Case 2).

Limit of £31,831 in respect of an academic year of a course.

Case 2

Additional expenditure incurred—

(a) within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending an institution, and

(b) within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of the present course, any period of study at an overseas institution (including the University of London Institute in Paris).

Limited to the actual expenditure incurred for this purpose.”