17. In relation to a student to whom this Part applies, the requirements referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) shall, in addition to the ordinary maintenance requirement, include where at the beginning of the first year of his course—
(a)he was aged 26 years, the sum of £350;
(b)he was so aged 27 years, the sum of £610;
(c)he was so aged 28 years, the sum of £905;
(d)he was so aged 29 or more years, the sum of £1,195.