The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

Qualifying conditions for the special support grant E+W

61.—(1) A current system student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a special support grant in connection with the student's attendance on a designated course (other than a distance learning course) to defray the costs of books, equipment, travel or childcare incurred for the purpose of attending that course.

(2) A current system student qualifies for a special support grant if the student—

(a) falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M1 ; F1 ...

(b) is treated as being liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling prescribed by regulations made under section 130(2) of that Act M2 [F2 ; or

(c) under regulation 25(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 is liable or treated as being liable to make payments in respect of the accommodation they occupy as their home].

(3) If a current system student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of an academic year of the designated course, the student cannot qualify for a special support grant for that year unless the reason that the student does not qualify for a fee loan is that—

(a) the year is an Erasmus year [F3 in accordance with regulation 19(2)]; or

(b) the designated course is an old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.

(4) A current system student does not qualify for a special support grant if the current course is the graduate entry accelerated programme.

[F4 (5) Subject to regulation (6), a special support grant is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7), where one of the events listed in regulation 17 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a special support grant in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.

(7) Where the state of which the student is a national accedes to the EU the student may qualify for the special support grant only 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 61(2) omitted (29.4.2013) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 54(5)

F2 Reg. 61(2)(c) and word inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 54(5)

F3 Words in reg. 61(3)(a) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 12

F4 Reg. 61(5)-(7) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1653), regs. 1(2)(a), 23

Marginal Citations

M1 1992 c.4 inserted by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18), Schedule 2 paragraph 30 (5). The relevant regulation is regulation 4ZA of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967). Regulation 4ZA was inserted by S.I. 1996/206, amended by S.I. 2000/1981, S.I. 2006/2144, S.I.2008/1826 and S.I.2009/583; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M2 There are amendments to section 130 which are not relevant to these Regulations. The relevant regulation is regulation 56 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213, as amended by S.I. 2006/718, S.I.2008/1042, S.I.2008/1082 and 2009/583).