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Regulation 48 Amount of the grant for travelF1I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The amount of grant payable in respect of an academic year is equal to the reasonable expenditure that the Department determines the eligible student is obliged to incur for the purposes set out in regulation 47(1) or (2) less £285.

(2)

For the purposes of this Chapter any reference to expenditure incurred for the purpose of attending an institution or period of study—

(a)

includes expenditure both before and after so attending; and

(b)

does not include any expenditure in respect of which a grant is payable under Chapter 3 of this Part.

(3)

Where an eligible student attends for a period of at least eight weeks as part of his course an overseas institution or the British Institute in Paris and he reasonably incurs any expenditure in insuring against liability for the cost of medical treatment provided outside the United Kingdom for any illness or bodily injury contracted or suffered during that period he qualifies for additional grant under this regulation equal to the amount so incurred.

(4)

A deduction may be made from a grant under this Chapter in accordance with Part 8.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (1.5.2007) by The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/195), regs. 1, 4(1)(a) (with reg. 4(3))

Commencement

I1

Reg. 48 in operation at 1.9.2006, see reg. 1