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PART 6LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS

CHAPTER 3MISCELLANEOUS

Increases in maximum amount

75.—(1) Where an eligible student is required to attend his course for a period exceeding 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year, the maximum amount of loan for living costs specified in Chapter 2 of this Part is increased for each week or part week of attendance in the academic year beyond 30 weeks and 3 days by the relevant amount in paragraph (3).

(2) Where an eligible student attends his course for a period of not less than 45 weeks in any continuous period of 52 weeks, the maximum amount of loan for living costs specified in Chapter 2 of this Part is increased for each week in the 52-week period during which he did not attend by the relevant amount in paragraph (3).

(3) The amount is—

(a)for a student in category A, £52;

(b)for a student in category B, £100;

(c)for a student in category C, £109;

(d)for a student in category D, £79.

(4) Where an eligible student attends a course at the University of Ulster for a period not exceeding 6 weeks during the summer vacation and the Department is satisfied that the course is one which is included under the university’s summer teaching scheme, the amounts shall be increased for each week or part week of such attendance—

(a)for a student in Category A, by £52; or

(b)for a student in Category D, by £79.

(5) This regulation does not apply in the case of a student with reduced entitlement.