PART 6N.I.LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS

CHAPTER 4N.I.MISCELLANEOUS

Students who are treated as in attendance on a courseN.I.

75.—(1) A student to whom this regulation applies is treated as being in attendance on the designated course for the purpose of qualifying for the loan for living costs or the long courses loan.

(2) This regulation applies to—

(a)a compressed degree student;

[F1(aa)a student on a period of study or period of overseas work placement in an Erasmus year;]

(b)a disabled student who—

(i)is not a compressed degree student; and

(ii)is undertaking a designated course in the United Kingdom or at a relevant institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland but is not in attendance because the student is unable to attend for a reason which relates to the student’s disability.