The Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Household income

2.—(1) The amount of a College of Europe student or a European University Institute student’s contribution depends on the household income.

(2) The household income is—

(a) in the case of a College of Europe student who is not an independent eligible student, the residual income of the eligible student aggregated with the residual income of the College of Europe student’s parents (subject to paragraph 4(9)) and—

(i) in the case of a new student who began the course before 1 September 2005, the residual income of the partner of the student’s parent (other than a person ordinarily living with the parent of an eligible student as if he or she were the parent’s civil partner) provided that the Welsh Ministers have selected that parent under paragraph 4(9); or

(ii) in the case of a new student who began the course on or after 1 September 2005, the residual income of the partner of the student’s parent (provided that the Welsh Ministers have selected that parent under paragraph 4(9));

(b) in the case of—

(i) an independent eligible student who has a partner: or

(ii) a European University Institute student who has a partner,

the residual income of the student aggregated with the residual income of that student’s partner (subject to sub-paragraph (5)); or

(c) in the case of—

(i) an independent eligible student who does not have a partner; or

(ii) a European University Institute student who does not have a partner,

the residual income of that student.

(3) In determining the household income under sub-paragraph (2), the sum of £1,100 is deducted—

(a) in the case of a College of Europe student—

(i) for each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on the student or his or her partner; or

(ii) for each child other than the College of Europe student wholly or mainly financially dependent on the College of Europe student’s parent or the student’s parent’s partner whose residual income is being taking into account; and

(b) in the case of a European University Institute student, for each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on the student or his or her partner.

(4) For the purpose of calculating the contribution payable in respect of a parent student, the residual income of the parent student’s partner is not to be aggregated under sub-paragraph (2)(b) in the case of a parent student whose child or whose partner’s child holds an award in respect of which the household income is calculated with reference to the residual income of the parent student or of the parent student’s partner or of both.