Special support payment
50.—(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.