The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

66.—(1) An eligible part-time student qualifies in accordance with this Part for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the National Assembly is satisfied the student is obliged to incur in respect of his or her undertaking a designated part-time course by reason of a disability to which he or she is subject.

(2) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of grant under this regulation is the amount that the National Assembly considers appropriate.

(3) The amount of the grant must not exceed —

(a) £9,325 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

(b) £4,910 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

(c) the additional expenditure incurred —

(i) within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;

(ii) within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a part of his or her course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the University of London Institute in Paris ;

(d) £1,230 in respect of an academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.