20.—(1) Where the Department incurs reasonable costs or expenses in taking steps to—
(a)serve an Information Notice on a borrower under regulation 18(1);
(b)obtain the information requested in an Information Notice served under regulation 18(1); or,
(c)serve a Penalty Notice on a borrower under regulation 19(5).
the Department may require the reimbursement of those costs or expenses by the borrower and may add them to the borrower’s loan account and they will form part of the principal of the student loan from the date on which they are added.