18.—(1) Schedule 2 makes further provision about the supply of information by applicants and eligible students.
(2) The Secretary of State may at any time request from an applicant or eligible student information that the Secretary of State considers is required to recover a postgraduate doctoral degree loan.
(3) The Secretary of State may at any time require an applicant or eligible student to enter into an agreement to repay a postgraduate doctoral degree loan by a particular method.
(4) The Secretary of State may at any time request from an applicant or eligible student sight of their valid national identity card, valid passport or their birth certificate.
(5) Where the Secretary of State has requested information under this regulation, the Secretary of State may withhold any payment of a postgraduate doctoral degree loan until the person provides what has been requested or provides a satisfactory explanation for not complying with the request.
(6) Where the Secretary of State has required an agreement as to the method of repayment under this regulation, the Secretary of State may withhold any payment of a postgraduate doctoral degree loan until the person provides what has been required.