7.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a student who is obliged to incur expenditure—
(a)within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;
(b)within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of his course, any period of study at an overseas institution.
(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to the student’s attending the institution shall be construed—
(a)in the case of any institution which is a constituent college, hall or school (including medical school) of a university or is a university with such constituent institutions, as including a reference to his attending, in connection with his course, any constituent institution of the university; and
(b)in the case of a student attending a course in medicine, dentistry or nursing, a necessary part of which is a period of study by way of clinical training, as including a reference to his attending, in connection with his course but otherwise than for the purposes of residential study away from the institution, any hospital not comprised therein at which facilities for clinical training are provided.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5)—
(a)a student’s total travel expenditure is the aggregate amount of expenditure he is obliged to incur for any purpose specified in sub-paragraph (1);
(b)a student’s special expenditure is the aggregate amount of expenditure he is obliged to incur for the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for the purpose of such attendance as is referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b), and, in the case of a disabled student, for any other purpose specified in sub-paragraph (1) if it is expenditure which the authority are satisfied the student would not have incurred but for his disability:
Provided that, where a period of study outside the United Kingdom (whether or not at an overseas institution) is not a necessary part of the student’s course, so much of his expenditure for the purpose of attending that period of study as—
was incurred outside the United Kingdom, or
was incurred within the United Kingdom but is in respect of a journey between a port or airport within and a place outside the United Kingdom, or is in respect of a benefit to be enjoyed outside the United Kingdom,
shall not be treated as part of the student’s total travel expenditure or special expenditure…
(4) For the same purposes as aforesaid, the following amounts shall be disregarded in respect of travel costs—
(i)the first £149 of any requirement under paragraph 2;
(ii)the first £231 of any requirement under paragraph 3;
(iii)the first £7.70 of any requirement under paragraph 5(2)(a);
(iv)the first £4.90 of any requirement under paragraph 5(2)(b):
Provided that—
where regulation 22(3) applies, the amount to be disregarded shall be £106 and
where a student’s requirement under paragraph 2 or 3 relates to only part of the year, the amount to be disregarded shall be an equivalent part of £149 or £231, as the case may be.
(5) The student’s supplementary requirement in respect of such expenditure as is referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall comprise either—
(a)his special expenditure; or
(b)the amount by which his total travel expenditure exceeds the amounts specified in sub-paragraph (4), whichever is the less.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph any reference to expenditure incurred for the purpose of attending an institution or period of study includes expenditure both before and after so attending.