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Regulation 12 Payments by boardsI1

Northern Ireland

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(1)

Subject to regulations 11, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, the board shall in respect of each year pay in pursuance of an old award—

(a)

in respect of fees, an amount equal to the aggregate of any fees payable in respect of the student as are described in Schedule 5;

(b)

where the award is a full award, in respect of maintenance—

(i)

a sum calculated in accordance with regulation 13; and

(ii)

the aggregate of the amounts specified in paragraph (3).

(2)

Subject to regulations 11, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, the board shall in respect of the first year of the course pay in pursuance of a transitional award—

(a)

in respect of fees, a sum equal to the aggregate of any such fees payable in respect of the student as are described in paragraphs (a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (x) and (xii), (b) and (c) of Schedule 5, and of any such fees as are payable in respect of a course for the initial training of teachers as described in the definition of “course of initial teacher training” in regulation 3(1);

(b)

where the award is a fees only award, a sum calculated in accordance with regulation 13 in respect of the aggregate of any such fees payable in respect of the student as are described in Schedule 5 other than the fees mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

where the award is a full award—

(i)

a sum calculated in accordance with regulation 13, which shall be apportioned so that such sum as is required to meet the requirements for maintenance set out in Part I to IV of Schedule 6 in respect of maintenance, and any balance remaining shall be paid in respect of the aggregate of any such fees payable in respect of the student as are described in Schedule 5 other than the fees mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and

(ii)

in respect of maintenance the aggregate of the amounts specified in paragraph (3).

(3)

The amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) and (2)(c)(ii) are such amounts—

(a)

in respect of non-medical personal helper as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £10,000;

(b)

in respect of major items of specialist equipment as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £3,955, or in the case of an old award where payments in respect of such equipment have been made in pursuance of the award in previous years, not exceeding that sum less the amount of such payments;

(c)

in respect of expenditure incurred within or outside the United Kingdom for the purposes referred to in paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 6 as the board considers appropriate; and

(d)

in respect of any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) which exceed the maxima specified therein as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £1,315;

if the board is satisfied in each case that the student by reason of a disability to which he is subject is obliged to incur additional expenditure in respect of his attendance at the course.

(4)

The aggregate of any sums paid in respect of maintenance shall be called the “maintenance grant”, and so much of the maintenance grant as appears to the board to be appropriate shall be treated as being in respect of the Easter and Christmas vacations.

(5)

Subject to regulations 17, 19 and 20 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, a board may, in respect of a student who resides in an institution other than a university, pay the amount charged by the institution for his board and lodging.

(6)

Where the current academic year of a students course began in the winter or the spring of 1998 then, notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, payments in pursuance of an award to that student in respect of the year beginning on 1st January 1998 or, as the case may be, 1st April 1998 shall be the aggregate of—

(a)

two-thirds or, as the case may be, one third of the payments in pursuance of that award which would have fallen to be made in respect of that year under the Regulations referred to in regulation 2 had they not been revoked; and

(b)

one-third or, as the case may be, two-thirds of the payments which would have fallen to be made in respect of the year beginning on 1st September 1998 under these Regulations had the academic year of that course begun in the autumn of 1998.

(7)

In the case of a course at the University of Buckingham beginning in the winter, spring or summer of 1998 then, notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, payments in pursuance of an award in respect of the year beginning on 1st January, 1st April or 1st July (as the case may be) shall be the aggregate of—

(a)

three-quarters, one-half or one-quarter (as the case may be) of the payments which would have fallen to be made in respect of that year under the Regulations referred to in regulation 2 had they not been revoked; and

(b)

one-quarter, one-half or three-quarters (as the case may be) of the payments which would have fallen to be made in respect of the year beginning on 1st September 1998 under these Regulations had the academic year of the course begun in the autumn of 1998.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 12 in operation at 1.9.1998, see reg. 1