Regulation 62 Qualifying conditions for disabled student's grant

An eligible student qualifies for a disabled student's grant in respect of an academic year of the present course if—

The exceptions are—

Exception 1 The eligible student is a prisoner, unless—

F1Exception 2

The only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of F2paragraphs 1(2)(d)(ii), 1(3), 4A(1)(b)(ii), 4A(2)(b)(ii), 6(1), 6A(1), 6A(2)(d)(ii), 6BA, 6BB, 6C, 6D, 7A(c)(ii) or 8A(1)(d)(ii).

Exception 3

F3The present course is a full-time course and the academic year is a year in respect of which the student is eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount).

Exception 4

The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of an accelerated graduate entry course, other than the first year of the course.

F4Exception 5

The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

F5But this exception does not apply where S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales.

Exception 6

The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which regulation 44(2) applies).

F6But this exception does not apply in respect of a disabled student’s grant so far as it relates to the provision of technical support, repairs or replacement in respect of equipment belonging to the student, where—