Regulation 41 Payment of grants for living and other costs and supplementary grantsF1I1

The National Assembly 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 it considers appropriate.

The National Assembly may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, pay the grant payable under regulation 23(4) or regulation 25(4) to the relevant academic authority for the authority to pay the relevant grant on its behalf.

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 National Assembly may make provisional payments of those grants pending the final assessment.

The National Assembly may, if its considers it appropriate to do so, make a payment of disabled students' allowance before the start of the academic year in respect of which that payment is due.

The National Assembly must not make any payments of support to a student who has withdrawn from, abandoned or been expelled from the course after the date on which the student withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from the course unless it considers it appropriate to do so taking into account the circumstances of the student’s case.

The National Assembly must not make any payments of support to a student who is absent from the course—

unless it considers that it is appropriate to do so taking into account the circumstances of the student’s case.