Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017
3. In regulation 24 (grants for disabled students’ living costs)—
(a)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The amount of the grant for disabled students’ living costs must not exceed—
(a)£31,831 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper, major items of specialist equipment and any other expenditure the eligible student incurs in connection with the course by reason of the student’s disability (apart from the expenditure specified in sub-paragraph (b)); and
(b)the additional expenditure incurred—
(i)within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution; and
(ii)within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of the eligible student’s course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the Institute.”;
(b)in paragraph (6), for “paragraphs (7) and (8)” substitute “paragraph (8)”;
(c)omit paragraph (7);
(d)in paragraph (8), for “paragraph (3)(a), (c) and (d) in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs” substitute “paragraph (3)(a) and (b) in respect of the academic year from the date that the relevant event listed in regulation 23(12) occurs”.