PART 2DISABLED STUDENTS’ GRANTS

CHAPTER 2AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2018

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 20189

In regulation 63 (amount of disabled student’s grant), for paragraph (2) substitute—

2

The Cases and limits are—

Case 1

Expenditure required 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 Case 2).

Limit of £31,831 in respect of an academic year of a course.

Case 2

Additional expenditure incurred—

a

within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending an institution, and

b

within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of the present course, any period of study at an overseas institution (including the University of London Institute in Paris).

Limited to the actual expenditure incurred for this purpose.