PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

CHAPTER 5GRANTS FOR TRAVEL

F1Quarters in respect of which grant for travel is payableF249A.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a grant for travel is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(2)

Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a)

in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b)

on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of the four quarters of the first academic year of the course.

(3)

Where—

(a)

a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or

(b)

an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,

the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.