17.—(1) The requirements referred to in regulation 18(1)(a) shall, in the case of such a student, include—
(a)where at the beginning of the first year of his course he was aged 26 years, the sum of £290;
(b)where he was so aged 27 years, the sum of £515;
(c)where he was so aged 28 years, the sum of £770;
(d)where he was so aged 29 or more years, the sum of £1,005.