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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-grants-for-disabled-postgraduate-students-regulations-2000/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-grants-for-disabled-postgraduate-students-regulations-2000/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2330",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Grants for Disabled Postgraduate Students) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-grants-for-disabled-postgraduate-students-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Applications for grant",
  "text": "(1) A person shall apply for a grant in respect of an academic year of a designated course by completing and submitting to the Secretary of State an application in such form as he may require, but which shall include a declaration signed by the student that:\n(a) the particulars given in the form are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief;\n(b) he will notify the Secretary of State (or if a local education authority is exercising functions in relation to his application by virtue of a determination under section 23(1)(a) of the Act he will notify them) of any change in them which might affect his eligibility for a grant; and\n(c) he will if required to do so repay to the Secretary of State any amount paid to him which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of grant to which he is entitled under these Regulations.\n(2) An applicant shall demonstrate his eligibility for a grant by providing such evidence as the Secretary of State may require.\n(3) The Secretary of State may take such steps and make such inquiries as he considers necessary to determine whether the applicant is eligible for a grant.\n(4) If the Secretary of State considers that the applicant is eligible for a grant he shall:\n(a) where the application is the first to be made in connection with the applicant’s attendance at the course, notify him of the fact that the applicant is an eligible student and the amount to which the Secretary of State considers he is entitled; and\n(b) in respect of any subsequent application, notify him of the amount to which the Secretary of State considers he is entitled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3087",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Grants for Disabled Postgraduate Students) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3087",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Grants for Disabled Postgraduate Students) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2330/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:32:12.876665+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}