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59.—(1) The amount of a student's grant income to be taken into account shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be the whole of his grant income.
(2) There shall be excluded from a student's grant income any payment—
(a)intended to meet tuition fees or examination fees;
(b)in respect of the student's disability;
(c)intended to meet additional expenditure connected with term time residential study away from the student's educational establishment;
(d)on account of the student maintaining a home at a place other than that at which he resides during his course;
(e)on account of any other person but only if that person is residing outside of the United Kingdom and there is no applicable amount in respect of him;
(f)intended to meet the cost of books and equipment;
(g)intended to meet travel expenses incurred as a result of his attendance on the course;
(h)intended for the child care costs of a child dependant.
(3) Where a student does not have a student loan and is not treated as possessing such a loan, there shall be excluded from the student's grant income—
(a)the sum of [F1£295] per academic year in respect of travel costs; and
(b)the sum of [F2£380] per academic year towards the costs of books and equipment,
whether or not any such costs are incurred.
[F3(4) There shall also be excluded from a student’s grant income the grant for dependants known as the parents' learning allowance paid pursuant to regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 or section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.]
(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), a student's grant income shall be apportioned—
(a)subject to paragraph (8), in a case where it is attributable to the period of study, equally between the weeks in the period beginning with the benefit week, the first day of which coincides with, or immediately follows, the first day of the period of study and ending with the benefit week, the last day of which coincides with, or immediately precedes, the last day of the period of study;
(b)in any other case, equally between the weeks in the period beginning with the benefit week, the first day of which coincides with, or immediately follows, the first day of the period for which it is payable and ending with the benefit week, the last day of which coincides with, or immediately precedes, the last day of the period for which it is payable.
(6) Any grant in respect of dependants paid under section 63(6) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 M1 (grants in respect of the provision of instruction to officers of hospital authorities) and any amount intended for the maintenance of dependants under Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 2003 M2 shall be apportioned equally over the period of 52 weeks or, if there are 53 benefit weeks (including part-weeks) in the year, 53.
(7) In a case where a student is in receipt of a student loan or where he could have acquired a student loan by taking reasonable steps but had not done so, any amount intended for the maintenance of dependants to which neither paragraph (6) nor regulation 63(2) (other amounts to be disregarded) apply, shall be apportioned over the same period as the student's loan is apportioned or, as the case may be, would have been apportioned.
(8) In the case of a student on a sandwich course, any periods of experience within the period of study shall be excluded and the student's grant income shall be apportioned equally between the weeks in the period beginning with the benefit week, the first day of which immediately follows the last day of the period of experience and ending with the benefit week, the last day of which coincides with, or immediately precedes, the last day of the period of study.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 59(3)(a) substituted (1.9.2008 for specified purposes) by The Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1599), reg. 1(3)(a)(b), 5(3)(a)
F2Word in reg. 59(3)(b) substituted (1.9.2008 for specified purposes) by The Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1599), reg. 1(3)(a)(b), 5(3)(b)
F3Reg. 59(4) substituted (1.8.2006 for specified purposes, 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1752), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
Marginal Citations
M2S.I. 2003/1994; the relevant amending Instrument is S.I. 2005/2083.
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