PART 10GRANTS FOR TRAVEL

Grant for travel for medical students65

1

A grant for travel is available to an eligible student if the following conditions are satisfied— Condition 1 The present course is a full-time course in—

a

medicine, or

b

dentistry,

a necessary part of which is a period of study by way of clinical training. Condition 2 In the academic year in question, the eligible student is obliged to incur expenditure for the purpose of attending—

a

a hospital, or

b

other premises,

in the United Kingdom (not comprised in the institution providing the present course) so as to undertake clinical training as part of the course. Condition 3 The academic year is not a year in respect of which the student is eligible to apply for—

a

a healthcare bursary, or

b

a Scottish healthcare allowance,

calculated by reference to the student's income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount).

2

But a grant for travel is not available where the eligible student is a Category 6 eligible student by virtue only of paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2 and does not fall within any of the other categories of eligible student specified in that Schedule.

3

The amount of grant for travel payable under this regulation in respect of an academic year is the amount determined by the Welsh Ministers as follows— Step 1 Determine the amount of reasonable expenditure incurred by the eligible student in the academic year in question for the purpose mentioned in Condition 2 of paragraph (1) (including expenditure incurred for that purpose before or after attending the hospital or other premises). Step 2 If the eligible student's household income (see Schedule 3) is F1less than £59,200 in respect of that year, deduct £303 from the amount arrived at in Step 1. If the eligible student's household income is F2£59,200 or more in respect of that year, deduct £1,000 from the amount arrived at in Step 1. The result is the amount of grant for travel payable.

4

Expenditure incurred for the purpose of residential study away from the institution providing the present course is not expenditure incurred for the purpose mentioned in Condition 2 of paragraph (1).