The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

“Overpayment of grants and allowances”.

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35.  After regulation 133 (Information), insert—

Information requirements

133A.(1) The Department may at any time request from an applicant or eligible part-time student information that the Department considers is required to recover a part-time fee loan.

(2) The Department may at any time require an applicant or eligible part-time student to enter into an agreement to repay a part-time fee loan by a particular method.

(3) The Department may at any time request from an applicant or eligible part-time student sight of their valid national identity card, valid passport issued by the state of which they are a national, or their birth certificate.

(4) Where the Department has requested information under this regulation, the Department may withhold any payment of a part-time fee loan until the person provides what has been requested, or provides a satisfactory explanation for not complying with the request.

(5) Where the Department has required an agreement as to the method of repayment under this regulation, the Department may withhold any payment of a part-time fee loan until the person provides what has been required..