Paragraph 1 Calculation of student’s income

the first£525 of the aggregate of—

the first£2,150 of any income by way of—

in the case of a student (other than one who is independent by virtue of regulation 3(1)(a), (b) or, unless he has no parent living, (c), notwithstanding in the case of (a) or (b) that he may also be independent by virtue of regulation 3(1)(d)) for whose benefit any income is applied, or payments are required to be applied, as mentioned in paragraph 5(5)—

any disability pension not subject to income tax;

any bounty received as a reservist with the armed forces;

remuneration for work doneduring any year of the student’s course;

in the case of a student in whose case a parental contribution is by virtue of Part 2 of this Scheduleapplicable (at whatever amount including nil that contribution is ascertained to be) any payment which is made under covenant by a parent by reference to whose income that contribution falls to be ascertained;

any payment made for a specific educational purpose otherwise than to meet such fees and such requirements for maintenance as are specified in Schedules 1 and 2;

child benefit;

any benefit under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976^f1, any income support under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986^f2 and any transitional addition, personal expenses addition or special transitional addition payable under Part II of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987^f3;

any attendance or mobility allowance under section 35 or 37A of the Social Security Act 1975^f4, or any mobility supplement provided for in an order made under section 12(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977^f5;

any rate or rent rebate or rent allowance granted to him in pursuance of a statutory or local scheme under Part II of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982^f6 or any housing benefit granted to him in pursuance of a scheme under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986^f7;

any allowance payable to him by an adoption agency in pursuance of a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 57(4) of the Adoption Act 1976^f8;

any guardian’s allowance to which he is entitled under section 38 of the Social Security Act 1975;

in the case of a student with whom a child in the care of a local authority is boarded out, any payment made to him in pursuance of section 21(1) of the Child Care Act 1980^f9;

any payments made to the student in pursuance of an order made under section 34 of the Children Act 1975^f10;

any payments made to the student under the action programme of the European Community in Education and Training for Technology known as COMETT^f11;

any payments made to the student under the action scheme of the European Community for the Mobility of University Students known as ERASMUS^f12;

the first £2,000 of any pension other than one of the kind mentioned at sub-paragraph (d) above, however described, and including any such pension paid to the student as a widow, child or dependant.

if, in the opinion of the authority, the obligation had been reasonably so incurred, an amount equal to the payment in question;

if, in their opinion, only a lesser obligation could have been reasonably so incurred, such correspondingly lesser amount (if any) as appears to them appropriate;except that no deduction shall be made from the income of a married student where the student’s spouse is a dependant for the purpose of Part 3 of Schedule 2 and, in pursuance of paragraph 17(1) thereof, the payment is taken into account in determining the spouse’s income.