148.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of State must pay the grant in respect of fees for which the student qualifies to the appropriate academic authority after a valid request for payment has been received.
(2) The Secretary of State may make payments under paragraph (1) at such times and in such instalments as the Secretary of State sees fit.
(3) The Secretary of State may make provisional payments under paragraph (1) in such cases as the Secretary of State deems appropriate.