{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-postgraduate-masters-degrees-wales-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-postgraduate-masters-degrees-wales-regulations-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2019/895",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-postgraduate-masters-degrees-wales-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculation of household income",
  "text": "(1) An eligible student's household income is calculated by applying the following steps—\nStep 1\nIf the student is not an independent eligible student (see paragraph 4), aggregate the total residual income of the persons listed in List A.\nIf the student is an independent eligible student, aggregate the total income of the persons listed in List B.\nList A\nThe persons are—\n(a)the eligible student, plus\n(b)either—\n(i)each of the eligible student's parents (subject to paragraph 5), or\n(ii)where the student's parents have separated, the parent selected under paragraph 6(3) and that parent's partner (if that parent has one), (subject to paragraph 7).\nList B\nThe persons are—\n(a)the independent eligible student, plus\n(b)the student's partner (if the student has one), (subject to paragraphs 7 and 8).\nStep 2\nCalculate the applicable amount of dependent child deduction (see sub-paragraphs (2) to (4)) and deduct that from the aggregated total calculated under Step 1.\nThe result is the eligible student's household income.\n(2) A dependent child deduction is a deduction made in respect of each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on—\n(a) the eligible student,\n(b) the eligible student's partner,\n(c) the eligible student's parent, or\n(d) the partner of the eligible student's parent,\nwhere the income of that person is taken into account for the purpose of calculating household income.\n(3) But no deduction is to be made in respect of a child of—\n(a) the eligible student's parent, or\n(b) the partner of the eligible student's parent,\nif the child is the eligible student.\n(4) In Table 2, Column 2 sets out the amount of dependent child deduction in respect of the academic year set out in the corresponding entry in Column 1.\nTable 2\nColumn 1Academic year\nColumn 2Amount of dependent child deduction\nBeginning on or after 1 September 2019\n£1,130",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 27.5.2019, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/895/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:17.428535+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."
}