The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic year

18.  In regulation 41 (amount of disabled students’ allowance)(1), for paragraph (8) substitute—

“(8) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b) on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.

(8A) Where—

(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or

(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,

the student may qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of the qualifying quarters.

(8B) For the purposes of paragraph (8A) “the qualifying quarters” means—

(a) the quarter in which the relevant event occurs; and

(b) if relevant, such other quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.”.

(1)

Regulation 41 was amended by S.I. 2012/1653, 2014/2765, 2017/114, 2020/1203 and 2021/1348. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.