Method of payment
6.—(1) The allowance may be paid to the holder or to another person for their behoof, or in part to the holder and in part to the said other person, and any sum in respect of fees payable to an educational institution which is included in the amount of the allowance may be paid on behalf of the holder to the institution.
(2) The allowance may be paid in a single payment or by instalments as the Scottish Ministers think fit, but no payment shall be made before the holder has been accepted for admission to the course of education in respect of which the allowance is awarded.
(3) Payments may be made in such manner as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate, and they may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible student shall provide them with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer.