87.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may not make any payment under regulation 85 unless they have received from the academic authority confirmation in writing that the student is undertaking the designated course for the academic year.
(2) The confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) must be confirmation—
(a)that the eligible student has enrolled on the course for the academic year, in a case where the student is applying for support in connection with the course—
(i)other than for the first time,
(ii)for the first time if the student’s status as an eligible student has transferred to the course from another designated course at the same institution, or
(iii)for the first time if the student has a disability, or
(b)that the eligible student has enrolled for the academic year and has started to undertake the course, in a case where—
(i)the student is applying for support in connection with the course for the first time, and
(ii)the student has not transferred to the course from another designated course at the same institution.
(3) But a payment may be made before the Welsh Ministers receive the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1) if—
(a)the payment is an amount of disabled student’s grant, or
(b)the Welsh Ministers think that owing to exceptional circumstances it is appropriate to do so.