Allowances

(1) There shall be paid to every scholar– (a) an outfit allowance not exceeding two hundred dollars which may be paid at the scholar’s request either in Belize shortly before the scholar’s departure or on his arrival in the country of study, or partly in both places. The scholar shall produce to the Chief Education Officer bills showing expenditure of the amount; and (b) a personal allowance of an amount to be determined by the Minister, but in no case more than the existing student rate in the country of study, reckoned from the date of his arrival in the country of study to the end of the academic year of the successful termination of a scholarship, free of income tax, in such equal instalments as shall prove most satisfactory to the student. The first of such instalments shall be paid upon the arrival of the scholar in the country of study– Provided that the second and subsequent instalment shall be paid only after the receipt by the Chief Education Officer of the latest certificate required by regulation 6 (3) of these Regulations; and (c) hotel and other living expenses not exceeding the existing student rate in the territory, necessarily incurred in the course of travel from and to Belize at the commencement and termination of a scholarship; and Belize Scholarship 11 (d) an allowance of two dollars for each night spent on board ship during the passage to and from the country of study to cover miscellaneous expenses on board; and (e) such medical expenses (including expenses connected with ophthalmic and dental treatment), as may be considered necessary by the Chief Education Officer. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of subregulation (1) of this regulation, the Minister may authorise an advance to be made to a scholar before his departure from Belize to enter upon his studies. Any such advance shall be recovered by such deductions from the instalments payable under paragraph (b) of subregulation (1) of this regulation as the Minister may direct.