The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

7.  In regulation 117 (amount of grant)—

(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) The grant must not exceed—

(a) £31,831 in respect of expenditure on a non-medical personal helper, major items of specialist equipment and any other expenditure the eligible postgraduate student incurs in connection with the course by reason of the student’s disability; and

(b) 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 part of the course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purposes of attending the Institute.”;

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) For the purposes of this Part, the “types of eligible expenditure” means the expenditure described in paragraph (2)(a) and (b).”;

(c) in paragraph (4), for “paragraphs (5) and (6)” substitute “paragraph (6)”;

(d) omit paragraph (5);

(e) in paragraph (6), for “for the purposes specified in paragraph (3)(a) and (c) in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs” substitute “for the purposes specified in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) in respect of the academic year from the date that the relevant event listed in regulation 111(2) occurs”.