Regulation 89 Part-time grants for dependants – generalI1

England and Wales

(1)

An eligible part-time student qualifies for part-time grants for dependants provided that—

(a)

the part-time student is not excluded from qualification by any of the following paragraphs, regulation 81 or regulation 84; and

(b)

the part-time student satisfies the qualifying conditions for the particular grant for which the student is applying.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (5), an eligible part-time student does not qualify for part-time grants for dependants if the eligible part-time student is a prisoner.

(3)

An eligible part-time student who is a new eligible part-time student does not qualify for part-time grants for dependants in relation to an academic year of a designated part-time course if the intensity of study during that year is less than F125 per cent.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3) the intensity of study during an academic year of a designated part-time course is to be calculated in accordance with regulation 85(2) and (3).

(5)

Paragraph (2) does not apply in respect of an academic year during which the eligible part-time student enters prison or is released from prison.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 89(3) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 34 (with reg. 2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 89 in force at 17.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)