# The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 92: Disabled part-time students' allowances

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 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”).
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The amount of the disabled part-time students' allowance must not exceed—
(a) £9,105 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;
(b) £4,795 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) £1,200 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/312/regulation/92 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-92
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