PART 5CONTRIBUTIONS
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1
An eligible student’s contribution in respect of an academic year is the amount, if any, calculated under Schedule 2.
2
For the purposes of the exercise of the Welsh Ministers’ functions under these Regulations the Welsh Ministers may require a student to provide from time to time such information as they require in order to assess the student’s contribution.
Application of the student’s contribution
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The contribution calculated in accordance with regulation 26 must be applied in accordance with regulation 28.
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1
The Welsh Ministers must apply the eligible student’s contribution—
a
first, to reduce the amount of grant for living costs calculated in accordance with regulation 15(3);
b
second—
i
in the case of a student who is eligible for the grant for dependants, to reduce in the following order—
aa
the amount of any adult dependants’ grant calculated in accordance with regulation 23;
bb
the amount of any parents’ learning allowance calculated in accordance with regulation 23; and
cc
the amount of any grant for travel home calculated in accordance with regulation 15(4);
ii
in any other case, to reduce the amount of grant for travel home calculated in accordance with regulation 15(4);
c
third, to reduce the amount of grant for college travel calculated in accordance with regulation 15(5);
d
fourth, subject to paragraph (2), to reduce the amount of grant for research travel calculated in accordance with regulation 15(6).
2
Where the contribution available to reduce the amount of grant for research travel in accordance with paragraph (1)(d) exceeds the amount of that grant calculated under regulation 15(6), the amount of that grant payable to the student is nil.