90.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Welsh Ministers 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 Welsh Ministers may make payments under paragraph (1) at such times and in such instalments as they see fit.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may make provisional payments under paragraph (1) in such cases as they deem appropriate.