10.—(1) In the case of a borrower receiving any disability-related benefit(as defined in regulation 11(5)) at the beginning of or at any timeduring the period of repayment determined in accordance with regulation8, the loans administrator may do all or any of the following, namely:
(a)allow the borrower to commence repayment of the loan, at such datelater than that provided by regulation 8 as the loans administratorconsiders appropriate; or
(b)allow the borrower to defer making repayments of the loan untilsuch later date; or
(c)allow the borrower such longer period for repayment of the loanthan that provided by regulation 8 as the loans administrator considersappropriate:
but interest on the loan shall continue to accrue and to beadded to the outstanding amount of the loan during any period in whichrepayments are not being made or any extended period of repayment.
(2) The loans administrator may exercise any discretion conferred on itby paragraph (1) notwithstanding that the outstanding amount of the loanwill not in consequence be fully repaid before the borrower’s liabilityin respect thereof is cancelled by virtue of paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)of regulation 12.