Regulation 92 Disabled part-time students' allowancesF1I1
Northern Ireland
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 he is obliged to incur by reason of a disability to which he is subject in respect of his undertaking a designated part-time course (the “disabled part-time students' allowance”).
An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the disabled part-time students' allowance if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which he falls is paragraph 9.
An eligible part-time student does not qualify for the disabled part-time students' allowance unless the Department considers that he is undertaking the designated course in the United Kingdom.
Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of disabled part-time students' allowance under this regulation is the amount that the Department considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances.
The amount of the disabled part-time students' allowance must not exceed—
£9,105 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;
£4,795 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;
the additional expenditure incurred—
within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;
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;
£1,200 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.
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Textual amendments
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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))