Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Grants for disabled students' living costs

13.—(1) An eligible student shall, subject to paragraph (2), be eligible for grant for living costs equal to additional expenditure which the Department is satisfied he is obliged to incur in respect of his attendance at a course by reason of a disability to which he is subject.

(2) The amount of grant payable under paragraph (1) shall not exceed, in any case, such amount as the Department considers appropriate—

(a) not exceeding £10,250 in respect of each academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

(b) not exceeding £4,055 in respect of all the academic years during which the eligible student is eligible for support for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment, but where such payments have been made under the 1986 Order in respect of a transitional award holder the amounts of such payments shall be deducted from this maximum;

(c) for expenditure incurred—

(i) within the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland for the purposes of attending the institution;

(ii) within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a necessary part of his course, any period of study at an overseas institution;

(d) not exceeding £1,350 in respect of each academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.