108.—(1) The Welsh Ministers must pay the new part-time fee loan for which a new eligible part-time student qualifies in respect of an academic year of a designated part-time course to an academic authority to which the new eligible part-time student is liable to make payment.
(2) The Welsh Ministers may pay the new part-time fee loan in such instalments (if any) and at such times as they consider appropriate.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must not pay the new part-time fee loan or any instalment of that loan unless they have received from the relevant academic authority—
(a)a request for payment; and
(b)a declaration under regulation 101(2) to (6).
(4) The Welsh Ministers may make provisional payments under this regulation in such cases as they deem appropriate.