# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (revoked), Regulation 98: Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

Extent: E+W

(1) An eligible part-time student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a grant for disabled part-time students' living costs to assist with the additional expenditure which the Welsh Ministers are satisfied the student is obliged to incur in connection with the eligible part-time student undertaking a designated part-time course by reason of a disability to which the eligible part-time student is subject.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of grant for which an eligible part-time student qualifies under this regulation is the amount that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(3) The amount of the grant must not exceed—
(a) £15,885 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;
(b) £5,332 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 the eligible part-time student’s course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the Institute;
(d) £1,338 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/wsi/2012/3097/regulation/98 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2012-revoked/regulation-98
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