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11.—(1) Every liable graduate applying for a loan under regulation 10 shall as soon as reasonably practicable after requested to do so provide the Scottish Ministers with such information as they consider necessary for the exercise of their functions under these Regulations.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may at any time require a liable graduate to enter into an agreement to repay a loan by a particular method.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may at any time request from a liable graduate sight of their valid national identity card, their valid passport issued by the state of which they are a national or their birth certificate.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may at any time verify with the Department for Work and Pensions the United Kingdom national insurance number that a liable graduate has provided or may check with the Department for Work and Pensions whether the liable graduate has such a number with a view to obtaining it if the liable graduate does.
(5) Where the Scottish Ministers have requested information or documents under this regulation, they may withhold any payment of a loan until the liable graduate provides what has been requested or provides a satisfactory explanation for not complying with the request.
(6) Where the Scottish Ministers have requested an agreement as to the method of repayment under this regulation, they may withhold any payment of a loan until the liable graduate provides what has been requested.