Regulation 53 Payment of grants

The Secretary of State shall pay a grant for which a student qualifies under this Part in such instalments (if any) and at such times as she considers appropriate and in the exercise of her functions under this paragraph she may make provisional payments pending the final calculation of the amount of grant for which the student qualifies.

Payments shall be made in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate and she may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible postgraduate student shall provide her with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer.