Maximum amounts of grants
11.—(1) The amount of grant for fees in respect of an academic year of a course at an institution which is maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds shall not exceed:
(a)in the case of a course not covered by any other sub-paragraph of this paragraph, £1,125;
(b)where the final year of the course is ordinarily required to be completed after less than 15 weeks' attendance, £550;
(c)where during the academic year of a sandwich course any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, £550;
(d)where during the academic year of a course for the initial training of teachers referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, £550;
(e)where during the academic year of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution the periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, £550;
(f)in the case of a sandwich course or a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution where the periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are 10 weeks or more, but in respect of the academic year and any previous such academic years the aggregate of any one or two periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks, £550; or
(g)in the case of a course provided by the British Institute in Paris which began before 1st September 2001, £550.
(2) The amount of grant for fees in respect of an academic year of a course at an institution which is neither maintained nor assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds shall not exceed:
(a)in the case of a course not covered by sub-paragraph (b)—
(i)where it is provided on behalf of an institution which is maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds and it begins on or after 1st September 2001, the amount which would be available under paragraph (1) if the course were provided at the institution on whose behalf it is provided;
(ii)otherwise, £1,050;
(b)in the case of a course at the University of Buckingham, £2,640, in the case of a course at the Guildhall School of Music, £4,055, and in the case of a course at Heythrop College, £1,995.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) an institution which provides courses designated by regulation 4 of the Education (Student Support) (Dance and Drama) Regulations 1999(1) shall not be regarded as maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
S.I. 1999/2263.