Paragraph 18 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Where the claimant is the parent of a student aged under 25 in advanced education who either–

(a)

is not in receipt of any award or grant in respect of that education; or

(b)

is in receipt of an award under section 2 of the Education Act 1962 (discretionary awards) or a bursary, scholarship or other allowance under section 49(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, or a payment under section 73 of that Act of 1980,

and the claimant makes payments by way of a contribution towards the student’s maintenance, other than a parental contribution falling within paragraph 17, an amount specified in sub-paragraph (2) in respect of each week during the student’s term.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the amount shall be equal to–

(a)

the weekly amount of the payments; or

(b)

the amount by way of a personal allowance for a single claimant under 25 less the weekly amount of any award, bursary, scholarship, allowance or payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b),

whichever is less.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 18 in force at 1.4.1990, see reg. 1