PART 7BASE GRANT AND MAINTENANCE GRANT
CHAPTER 4SPECIAL SUPPORT PAYMENT
Special support payment50
1
Where an eligible student who qualifies for a base grant or, as the case may be, a maintenance grant, meets one of the qualifying conditions in regulation 51—
a
all of the base grant payable to the eligible student, and
b
an amount of maintenance grant payable to the student up to the maximum specified in regulation 52,
is to be treated as a special support payment.
2
A special support payment is a payment which is intended to meet—
a
the cost of books and equipment;
b
travel expenses;
c
childcare costs,
in connection with an eligible student undertaking a designated course.