Regulation 41 Payment of grants for living and other costs and supplementary grantsI1

The Secretary of State 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 she considers appropriate.

The Secretary of State may, if she 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 her 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 Secretary of State may make provisional payments of those grants pending the final assessment.

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The Secretary of State must not make any payments of support to a student who has withdrawn from, abandoned or been expelled from his course after the date on which he withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from his course unless she considers it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

The Secretary of State must not make any payments of support to a student who is absent from his course—

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