Article 24(6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2015 provides that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable income.
If any of the persons whose income is under consideration received a gift or an inheritance in the reference period, these are included in reckonable income, unless in the case of an independent student, the gift or inheritance was between the applicant and his or her spouse, civil partner or cohabitant; or in the case of a dependent student, the gift or inheritance was between parents or to the applicant from his or her parent(s).
It will be necessary for the persons whose income is under consideration to complete a Gifts and Inheritance Form (available from their grant awarding authority) unless the gift or inheritance is covered by one of the exceptions outlined above.