PART 4FINANCIAL SUPPORT

CHAPTER 2SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS

InterpretationI125

1

For the purposes of regulations 20 to 24—

a

“adult dependant” (“dibynnydd mewn oed”) means, in relation to an eligible student, an adult person dependent on the student other than the student’s child, the student’s partner (including a spouse or civil partner from whom the Welsh Ministers consider the student is separated) or the student’s former partner;

b

“child” (“plentyn”) in relation to an eligible student includes any child of the student’s partner who is dependent on the student and any child for whom the student has parental responsibility who is dependent on the student;

c

“dependant” (“dibynnydd”) means, in relation to an eligible student, the student’s partner, the student’s dependent child or an adult dependant, who in each case is not an eligible student and does not hold a statutory award;

d

“dependent” (“dibynnol”) means wholly or mainly financially dependent;

e

“dependent child” (“plentyn dibynnol”) means, in relation to an eligible student, a child dependent on the student;

f

“lone parent” (“rhiant unigol”) means an eligible student who does not have a partner and who has a dependent child or dependent children;

g

“net income” (“incwm net”) has the meaning given in paragraph (2);

h

subject to sub-paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) “partner” (“partner”) means any of the following—

i

the spouse of a student;

ii

the civil partner of a student;

iii

a person ordinarily living with a student as if that person were the student’s spouse where that student—

aa

was aged 25 or over at the start of the academic year in respect of which the student’s contribution falls to be assessed; and

bb

started the designated course on or after 1 September 2000;

iv

a person ordinarily living with a student as if that person were the student’s civil partner where that student—

aa

was aged 25 or over at the start of the academic year in respect of which the student’s contribution falls to be assessed; and

bb

started the designated course on or after 1 September 2005;

i

unless otherwise indicated, a person who would otherwise be a partner under sub-paragraph (h) is not to be treated as a partner if—

i

in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, that person and the student are separated; or

ii

the person is ordinarily living outside the United Kingdom and is not maintained by the student;

j

for the purposes of the definition of “adult dependant”, a person is to be treated as a partner if the person would be a partner under sub-paragraph (h) but for the fact that the student with whom the person is living was not aged 25 or over at the start of the academic year in respect of which the student’s contribution falls to be assessed;

k

for the purposes of the definitions of “child” and “lone parent”, a person is to be treated as a partner if the person would be a partner under sub-paragraph (h) but for the date on which the student began the designated course or the fact that the student with whom the person is ordinarily resident was not aged 25 or over at the start of the academic year in respect of which the student’s contribution falls to be assessed;

l

subject to sub-paragraph (m), for the purposes of the definition of “adult dependant”, the Welsh Ministers may treat an adult person or child as dependent on an eligible student if they are satisfied that the adult person or child—

i

is not dependent on—

aa

the eligible student; or

bb

the eligible student’s partner; but

ii

is dependent on the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner together;

m

the Welsh Ministers must not treat an adult person (“A”) as dependent on an eligible student in accordance with sub-paragraph (l), if A is—

i

the spouse or civil partner of the eligible student’s partner (including a spouse or civil partner from whom the Welsh Ministers consider the eligible student’s partner is separated); or

ii

the former partner of the eligible student’s partner;

n

for the purposes of determining whether a person is the former partner of an eligible student’s partner, “partner” in relation to an eligible student’s partner means—

i

the spouse of an eligible student’s partner;

ii

the civil partner of an eligible student’s partner;

iii

where the eligible student began the specified designated course on or after 1 September 2000, a person (“A”) ordinarily living with an eligible student’s partner (“B”) as if A were B’s spouse;

iv

where the eligible student began the specified designated course on or after 1 September 2005, a person (“A”) ordinarily living with an eligible student’s partner (“B”) as if A were B’s civil partner.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), a dependant’s net income is the dependant’s income from all sources for the academic year in question reduced by the amount of income tax and social security contributions payable in respect of it but disregarding—

a

any pension, allowance or other benefit paid by reason of a disability or incapacity to which the dependant is subject;

b

child benefit payable under Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 199213;

c

any financial support payable to the dependant by a local authority in accordance with regulations made under sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 200214;

d

any guardian’s allowance to which the dependant is entitled under section 77 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

e

in the case of a dependant with whom a child being looked after by a local authority is boarded out, any payment made to that dependant for the purposes of section 23 of the Children Act 198915F1or section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

f

any payment made to the dependant under section F2110(6) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or, as the case may be, section 23C(5A) of the Children Act 198916;

g

any payments made to the dependant under section 15 of and Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 in respect of a person who is not the dependant’s child or any assistance given by a local authority pursuant to section 24 of that Act17F3or section 104 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 in so far as that section applies to category 5 and 6 young persons within the meaning of that Act;

h

any child tax credit to which the dependant is entitled under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 200218; and

i

in the case of a dependant who is entitled to an award of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 201219—

i

any amount that is included in the calculation of the award, under regulation 27(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations 201320, in respect of the fact that the dependant has limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work-related activity; and

ii

any amount or additional amount that is included in the calculation of the award under regulation 24 of those Regulations (the child element).

3

Where an eligible student or the eligible student’s partner makes any recurrent payments which were previously made by the student in pursuance of an obligation incurred before the first academic year of the student’s course, the partner’s net income is net income calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) reduced by—

a

an amount equal to the payments in question for the academic year, if in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers the obligation has been reasonably incurred; or

b

such lesser amount, if any, as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate if, in their opinion, a lesser obligation could reasonably have been incurred.

4

For the purposes of paragraph (2), where—

a

the dependant is a dependent child; and

b

payments are made to the student towards the child’s maintenance;

those payments are to be treated as the child’s income.