Part VIIIIncome and Capital

Chapter IXFull-Time Students

Calculation of grant income131

1

The amount of a student’s grant income to be taken into account shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be the whole of his grant income.

2

There shall be disregarded from the amount of a student’s grant income any payment—

a

intended to meet tuition fees or examination fees;

b

intended to meet additional expenditure incurred by a disabled student in respect of his attendance on a course;

c

intended to meet additional expenditure connected with term time residential study away from the student’s educational establishment;

d

on account of the student maintaining a home at a place other than that at which he resides while attending his course but only to the extent that his rent or rates is not met by housing benefit;

e

on account of any other person but only if that person is residing outside the United Kingdom and there is no applicable amount in respect of him;

f

intended to meet the cost of books and equipment or if not so intended an amount equal to £278 towards such costs;

g

intended to meet travel expenses incurred as a result of his attendance on the course.

3

Where in pursuance of an award a student is in receipt of a grant in respect of maintenance under regulation 12(1)(b) of the Student Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (payments by boards) there shall be excluded from his grant income a sum equal to the amount from time to time specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 7 to those regulations, being the amount to be disregarded in respect of travel costs in the particular circumstances of his case.

4

A student’s grant income except any amount intended for the maintenance of dependants under Part 3 of Schedule 7 to the Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 or otherwise, or intended for an older student under Part 4 of that Schedule, shall be apportioned—

a

subject to paragraph (6), in a case where it is attributable to the period of study, equally between the weeks in that period;

b

in any other case, equally between the weeks in the period in respect of which it is payable.

5

Any amount intended for the maintenance of dependants or for an older student under the provisions referred to in paragraph (4) shall be apportioned equally over a period of 52 weeks or, if there are 53 benefit weeks (including part-weeks) in the year, 53 weeks.

6

In the case of a student on a sandwich course, any periods of experience within the period of study shall be excluded and the student’s grant income shall be apportioned equally between the remaining weeks in that period.