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29.—(1) The Secretary of State must not pay the grant for fees for which the student qualifies until the Secretary of State has received a request for payment from the academic authority.
(2) The Secretary of State may make the payments of the grant for fees to the academic authority in such instalments and at such times as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate.
30.—(1) The Secretary of State may pay the grants for living and other costs and the supplementary grants for which a student qualifies in such instalments and at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(2) The Secretary of State may, if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so, pay the grant payable under regulation 15(4) to the College for the College to pay the relevant grant on the Secretary of State’s behalf.
(3) Where a final assessment of the amount of grants for living and other costs or supplementary grants payable to a student cannot be made on the basis of the information provided by the student, the Secretary of State may make provisional payments of those grants pending the final assessment.
(4) The Secretary of State may, if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so, make a payment of a disabled students’ allowance before the start of the academic year.
(5) Where the circumstances in regulation 11(a) or regulation 11(c) apply, the Secretary of State must not make any payments of support to a student after the date on which that student stops attending the course unless the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so taking into account the circumstances of the student’s case.
(6) The Secretary of State must not make any payments of support to a student who is absent from the course—
(a)for more than 60 days due to illness; or
(b)for any period for any other reason,
unless the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to do so taking into account the circumstances of the student’s case.
31.—(1) The Secretary of State may recover any overpayment of grant for fees from the academic authority.
(2) An eligible student must, if required to do so by the Secretary of State, repay any amount paid to that student under Part 4 which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of support to which that student is entitled under Part 4.
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