7.1Fares allowance

7.1 Fares allowance

7.1.1 Where the Commission has approved payment to a student of an education allowance under section 3.5.1, it may accept financial liability for a fare (or part thereof) paid, or to be paid, by the student for a journey between the student’s home and place of study.

Note: A fare may be the cost of using private transport.

7.1.2 In making a decision under section 7.1.1 in respect of whether to accept liability for a fare, the Commission is to take into account Part 2.26 of the SSA as it relates to the circumstances in which fares allowance under that Act is payable and as it relates to the level of fares allowance payable in those circumstances.

Note: Under Part 2.26 of the SSA, a determination may be made to amend levels of fares allowance in that Act. The SSA as amended by any such determination would constitute the SSA as in force from time to time. Therefore, the Commission could lawfully consider those new levels of fares allowance as introduced by the determination.