PART 10SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES

Disabled part-time students' allowancesI191

1

An eligible part-time student qualifies in accordance with this Part for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Secretary of State is satisfied he is obliged to incur by reason of a disability to which he is subject in respect of his undertaking a designated part-time course (the “disabled part-time students' allowance”).

2

An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the disabled part-time students' allowance if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which he falls is paragraph 9.

3

An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the disabled part-time students' allowance unless the Secretary of State considers that he is undertaking the designated course in the United Kingdom.

4

Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of disabled part-time students' allowance under this regulation is the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances.

5

The amount of the disabled part-time students' allowance must not exceed—

a

£9,105 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

b

£4,795 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

c

the additional expenditure incurred—

i

within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;

ii

within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a part of his course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the British Institute in Paris;

d

£1,200 in respect of an academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.