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Paragraph 2 Household income

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The amount of a College of Europe student or a European University Institute student’s contribution depends on the household income.

(2)

The household income is—

(a)

in the case of a College of Europe student who is not an independent eligible student, the residual income of the eligible student aggregated with the residual income of the College of Europe student’s parents (subject to paragraph 4(9)) and—

(i)

in the case of a new student who began his course before 1st September 2005, the residual income of the partner of the student’s parent (other than a person ordinarily living with the parent of an eligible student as if he were the parent’s civil partner) provided that the Secretary of State has selected that parent under paragraph 4(9); or

(ii)

in the case of a new student who began his course on or after 1st September 2005, the residual income of the partner of the student’s parent (provided that the Secretary of State has selected that parent under paragraph 4(9));

(b)

in the case of—

(i)

an independent eligible student who has a partner, or

(ii)

a European University Institute student who has a partner,

the residual income of the student aggregated with the residual income of that student’s partner (subject to sub-paragraph (5)); or

(c)

in the case of—

(i)

an independent eligible student who does not have a partner;

(ii)

a European University Institute student who does not have a partner,

the residual income of that student.

(3)

In determining the household income an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) there shall be deducted—

(a)

in the case of a College of Europe student—

(i)

for each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on the student or his partner; or

(ii)

for each child other than the College of Europe student wholly or mainly financially dependent on the College of Europe student’s parent or the student’s parent’s partner whose residual income ins being taking into account; and

(b)

in the case of a European University Institute student, for each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on the student or his partner.

(4)

The amount referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is £1,075.

(5)

For the purpose of calculating the contribution payable in respect of a parent student, the residual income of the parent student’s partner shall not be aggregated under sub-paragraph (2)(b) in the case of a parent student whose child or whose partner’s child holds an award in respect of which the household income is calculated with reference to the residual income of the parent student or of the parent student’s partner or of both.