# The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1993, Regulation 24: Method of payment


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the authority shall make any payment due under these Regulations in such instalments (if any) and at such times as they consider appropriate: and in the exercise of their functions under this paragraph the authority may in particular make provisional payments pending the final calculation of the award.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the authority shall pay such fees as are described in… Schedule 1… promptly when… a valid request for payment in respect thereof has been received… provided that no payment shall be due when the student has ceased to attend his course (whether or not the authority has been so notified) but has not completed it.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), payment shall be made—
(a) in the case of the fees described in paragraphs (a) (excepting sub-paragraphs (i) and (iii)) or (b) of Schedule 1, in three instalments, and
(b) in the case of the fees described in paragraph (a)(i) of Schedule 1, in four instalments.
(4) The instalments referred to in paragraph (3) shall be paid—
(a) after the first dates after 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September on which the student is required to attend his course, and
(b) in the case of the instalments referred to in paragraph (3)(a), and when the academic year of the course begins in the autumn, on or before 10th December in the case of the first instalment, on or before 15th February in the case of the second instalment and on or before 30th April in the case of the third instalment or within one month of the receipt by the authority of a valid request for payment, whichever is the later.
(5) … All payments shall be made to the student, except—
(a) payment of… the fees described in… Schedule 1 may be made to the academic authority, and
(b) where a student’s maintenance requirements include any of the requirements referred to in paragraph 10 of Schedule 2, on his written instruction payment in respect of his maintenance grant may be made to a third party.
(6) Without prejudice to regulation 26 or the recovery of an over-payment by way of a deduction from a subsequent payment, any over-payment or under-payment made in pursuance of this regulation shall be adjusted by payment between the student or, as the case may be, the academic authority and the authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1850/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-mandatory-awards-regulations-1993/regulation-24
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