# The Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 12: Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan

Extent: E+W

(1) An eligible student may not receive a postgraduate doctoral degree loan unless the student enters into a contract for the loan with the Welsh Ministers.
(2) The contract—
(a) must be in such form and on such terms, and
(b) may be required to be signed in such manner (including electronically), as the Welsh Ministers specify.
(3) The contract may require the eligible student to repay a postgraduate doctoral degree loan by a particular method.
(4) Where the Welsh Ministers have required the student's agreement as to the method of repayment, they may withhold any payment of postgraduate doctoral degree loan until the student provides what has been requested.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/656/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-doctoral-degree-loans-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-12
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