Amendments to the 2009 Regulations
22. In regulation 130 (disabled part-time students’ allowance)(1)—
(a)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) The expenditure for which the grant may be paid includes, in particular—
(a)expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;
(b)expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;
(c)travel expenditure.”
(b)in the second paragraph numbered (3A), for “(3A)” substitute “(3B)”—
(c)for paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) The amount of grant under this regulation in respect of an academic year—
(a)for expenditure other than travel expenditure, must not exceed £25,000;
(b)for travel expenditure, must not exceed the additional expenditure incurred.”
(d)in paragraph (6) omit “, except where the allowance is used for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment”;
(e)in paragraph (7) for the words “for the purposes specified” to the end substitute—
“in respect of—
(a)the quarter in which the relevant event occurs, and
(b)if relevant, such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.”
Regulation 130 was amended by S.R 2012 No. 398, S.R. 2017 No. 43 and S.R.s 2021 Nos 50 and 85 and 260.