# The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996, Regulation 43: Determination of grant income


(1) The amount of a student’s grant income to be taken into account shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), be the whole of his grant income.
(2) There shall be excluded from a student’s grant income any payment—
(a) intended to meet tuition fees or examination fees;
(b) in respect of the student’s disability;
(c) intended to meet additional expenditure connected with term time residential study away from the student’s educational establishment;
(d) on account of the student maintaining a home at a place other than that at which he resides during his course;
(e) on account of any other person but only if that person is residing outside the United Kingdom and there is no applicable amount in respect of him;
(f) intended to meet the cost of books and equipment or, in the case of a full-time student, if not so intended an amount equal to £280 towards such costs;
(g) intended to meet travel expenses incurred as a result of his attendance on the course.
(3) Where in pursuance of an award a student is in receipt of a grant in respect of maintenance under regulation 17(1)(b) of the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1995 or a corresponding provision governing the award in question (payments) there shall be excluded from his grant income a sum equal to such amount specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 2 to those Regulations (disregard of travel costs) as falls to be disregarded in his case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2890/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-renewal-grants-regulations-1996/regulation-43
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