7.—(1) A borrower may repay all or any part of his student loan to the Scottish Ministers at any time.
(2) A borrower shall not be required to repay such part of his student loan as relates to a particular notification of eligibility under the Loan Regulations until the year of assessment beginning after the date on which that eligibility terminates under regulation 8 of those Regulations.
(3) A borrower–
(a)whose student loan was made in connection with his attendance at a course for the initial training of teachers, other than a course leading to a first degree; and
(b)who has notified the Scottish Ministers in writing that he does not wish to repay that loan during any period in which he is required to repay a loan under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990(1) or the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990(2),
shall not be required to repay any of his student loan during any such period.
S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I.11).