# The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 38: “Overpayment of grants and allowances”.


After regulation 135 (Conversion of status) insert—
“Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
135A. (1) The Department may make it a condition of entitlement to payment of the part-time fee loan or any instalment of the part-time fee loan that the eligible part-time student must provide the Department with the student’s United Kingdom national insurance number.
(2) Where the Department has imposed a condition under paragraph (1), the Department must not make any payment of the part-time fee loan or any instalment of the part-time fee loan to the eligible part-time student before the Department is satisfied that the student has complied with that condition.
(3) Despite paragraph (2), the Department may make a payment of part-time fee loan to an eligible part-time student if the Department is satisfied that owing to exceptional circumstances it would be appropriate to make such a payment without the eligible part-time student having complied with the condition imposed under paragraph (1).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/7/regulation/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-amendment-and-education-student-loan-repayment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-38
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