The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1998

Members of religious orders

21.—(1) This regulation shall apply where the student is a member of a religious order (“the Order”) unless the course is a course of teacher training designated under regulation 10(1)(d)(iii) and regulation 22 applies.

(2) The payment in respect of maintenance under regulation 17(1)(b) in the case of a student upon whom an old award has been bestowed shall be the sum specified as appropriate … in paragraph (3) or (4):

• Provided that—

  (a)

  where the course is a sandwich course, the payment in respect of a sandwich year shall be the prescribed proportion of the sum otherwise payable in respect of mainte nance and no payment shall be made in respect of a year which includes no periods of full-time study;

  (b)

  where the course is a part-time course of teacher training designated under regulation 10(1)(d)(ii), the payment shall be three-quarters of the sum so specified.

(3) In the case of a student who resides at his parents' home or in a house of the Order, the appropriate sum shall be £695.

(4) In the case of any other student, the appropriate sum shall be £950 except that, where he is attending a course—

(a) at the University of London, or

(b) at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District,

it shall be £1,195 and where he is attending a course in a country outside the United Kingdom it shall be—

• £1,375 if that country is a highest-cost country;

• £1,145 if that country is a higher-cost country;

• £925 if that country is a high-cost country; and

• £845 in any other case.

(5) The payment under regulation 17(2)(c) in the case of a student upon whom a transitional award has been bestowed shall be in respect of fees a sum equal to the aggregate of any such fees payable in respect of the student as are described in Schedule 1 other than those referred to in regulation 17(2)(a) and in respect of maintenance the sum specified as appropriate in paragraphs (6) or (7);

• Provided that

  (a)

  where the course is a sandwich course, the payment in respect of maintenance in respect of a sandwich year shall be the prescribed proportion of the sum otherwise payable, and no payment shall be made in respect of a year which includes no periods of full-time study;

  (b)

  where the course is a part-time course of teacher training designated under regulation 10(1)(d)(ii), the payment in respect of maintenance shall be three-quarters of the sum otherwise payable.

(6) In the case of a student who resides at his parents' home or in a house of the Order, the appropriate sum shall be £340.

(7) In the case of any other student, the appropriate sum shall be £460 except that, where he is attending a course—

(a) at the University of London, or

(b) at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District,

it shall be £580 and where he is attending a course in a country outside the United Kingdom it shall be—

• £670 if that country is a highest-cost country;

• £550 if that country is a higher-cost country;

• £450 if that country is a high-cost country; and

• £410 in any other case.