PART 7BASE GRANT AND MAINTENANCE GRANT

CHAPTER 4SPECIAL SUPPORT PAYMENT

Special support payment50

1

Where an eligible student who qualifies for a base grant or, as the case may be, a maintenance grant, meets one of the qualifying conditions in regulation 51—

a

all of the base grant payable to the eligible student, and

b

an amount of maintenance grant payable to the student up to the maximum specified in regulation 52,

is to be treated as a special support payment.

2

A special support payment is a payment which is intended to meet—

a

the cost of books and equipment;

b

travel expenses;

c

childcare costs,

in connection with an eligible student undertaking a designated course.