42.—(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 of 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 12(1)(b) of the Students Awards (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (payments by boards) there shall be excluded from his grant income a sum equal to the amount specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 7 to those regulations (requirements) being the amount to be disregarded in respect of travel costs in the particular circumstances of his case.