# The Education Maintenance Allowance (Pilot Areas) Regulations 2001, Regulation 10: Achievement bonus

Extent: E+W

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (5) and subject to paragraph (2) an allowance (“an achievement bonus”) may be paid in respect of any student who achieves any learning goal specified in the education maintenance allowance learning agreement arising from being in full-time education.
(2) No achievement bonus shall be paid in respect of any such learning goal where the course which led to the achievement of the learning goal started after the end of the period of eligibility.
(3) Except in the case of a vulnerable student no achievement bonus shall be paid—
(a) if an achievement bonus has already been paid (by any relevant authority)—
(i) three times, where the student is a student with assessed learning difficulties, or
(ii) twice in any other case; or
(b) if an achievement bonus has already been paid (by any relevant authority) in respect of another learning goal where the course which led to that learning goal ended in the same academic year as the course which led to the learning goal in question.
(4) No achievement bonus may be paid where the relevant authority is North East Lincolnshire or Worcestershire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2750/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-maintenance-allowance-pilot-areas-regulations-2001/regulation-10
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