# The Education (Student Support) ( No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 130: Disabled part-time students’ allowance

Extent: N.I.

(1) An eligible part-time student qualifies in accordance with this Part for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Department is satisfied the student is obliged to incur by reason of a disability to which the student is subject in respect of undertaking a designated part-time course.
(1A) The expenditure for which the grant may be paid includes, in particular—
(a) expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;
(b) expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;
(c) travel expenditure.
(2) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the grant under this regulation if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 2 into which the student falls is paragraph 2A, 9, 9A, 9C or 9D, .
(3) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the grant under this regulation unless the Department considers that the student is undertaking the designated part-time course in the United Kingdom.
(3A) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 2 on the basis of temporary employment falling within paragraph 1(5)(a) of that Schedule.
(3B) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for a grant under this regulation unless it is ordinarily possible to complete the designated part-time course in no more than four times the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent.
(4) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of grant under this regulation is the amount that the Department considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances.
(5) The amount of grant under this regulation in respect of an academic year—
(a) for expenditure other than travel expenditure, must not exceed £27,500;
(b) for travel expenditure, must not exceed the additional expenditure incurred.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), the grant under this regulation is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year....
(7) Where one of the events listed in regulation 123(4) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for the grant under this regulation in respect of—
(a) the quarter in which the relevant event occurs, and
(b) if relevant, such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (3A) “full-time equivalent” and “period ordinarily required to complete the full time equivalent” is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 124(6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/373/regulation/130 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-130
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