Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 201131.
In regulation 147 of the Student Support Regulations—
(a)
in paragraph (4), after “25%” insert “of an equivalent full-time course”;
(b)
after paragraph (6) insert—
“(7)
Subject to paragraph (8), the grant under this regulation is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year, except where the allowance is used for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment.
(8)
Where one of the events listed in regulation 138(4)(a), (b). (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for the grant under this regulation for the purposes specified in paragraph (6)(a), (c) or (d) in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.”.