PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

CHAPTER 3DISABLED STUDENTS' ALLOWANCES

F1Qualifying conditions for the disabled students' allowance40

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a student qualifies for a grant under regulation 40A if the student—

a

is an eligible student; and

b

has a disability.

2

A student does not qualify for a grant under regulation 40A in respect of a distance learning course starting on or after 1st September 2012 unless the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the designated course in England on the first day of the first academic year.

3

A student who would otherwise qualify for a grant under regulation 40A in respect of a distance learning course does not qualify for that grant in respect of that course if the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the course outside of the United Kingdom.

4

Where the state of which the student is a national accedes to the EU the student only qualifies for disabled students’ allowance if the student has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.