The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Qualifying conditions for disabled student's grant E+W

62.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for a disabled student's grant in respect of an academic year of the present course if—

(a) the student has a disability, and

(b) the student does not fall within any of the exceptions in paragraph (2).

(2) The exceptions are—

Exception 1 The eligible student is a prisoner, unless—

(a) the present course is a part-time course, and

(b) the eligible student enters or is released from prison in the academic year in question.

[F1 Exception 2 The only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of [F2 paragraphs 1(2)(d)(ii), 1(3), 4A(1)(b)(ii), 4A(2)(b)(ii), 6(1), 6A(1), 6A(2)(d)(ii), 6BA, 6BB, 6C, 6D, 7A(c)(ii) or 8A(1)(d)(ii).]]

Exception 3 [F3 The present course is a full-time course and the academic year is a year in respect of which the student is eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount).]

Exception 4 The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of an accelerated graduate entry course, other than the first year of the course.

[F4 Exception 5 The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

But this exception does not apply where—

(a) S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or

(b) S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.]

Exception 6 The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which regulation 44(2) applies).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 62(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 123

F2 Words in reg. 62(2) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 41 (with reg. 2)

F3 Words in reg. 62(3) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 47

F4 Words in reg. 62 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/708), regs. 1(2), 9