Regulation 38 Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

(1)

An eligible part-time student shall qualify in accordance with this Part for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Secretary of State is satisfied he is obliged to incur in respect of his undertaking a designated part-time course by reason of a disability to which he is subject.

(2)

Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of grant under this regulation shall be the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(3)

The amount of the grant shall not exceed—

(a)

£8,885 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

(b)

£4,680 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

(c)

the additional expenditure incurred—

(i)

within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;

(ii)

within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a part of his course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the British Institute in Paris;

(d)

£1,170 in respect of an academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.