Amendment of the 2003 Regulations

11.—(1) Regulation 16 (Grants for dependants) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted –

(4) An eligible student shall be eligible under paragraphs (1) to (3) –

(a)for the maximum amount of grant payable only if he maintains a dependent who ordinarily resides in the United Kingdom for six months or more of the academic year in respect of which the eligible student applies for assistance under paragraph (1); and

(b)for no grant in any other case.

(3) In paragraph (11), for the words “paragraph 3(1)(a) of Part II” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 2(1)(a)”.