Regulation 156 Overpayments of disabled part-time students’ allowancesF1F9

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F3A part-time student must, if so required by the Secretary of State, repay any amount paid to the student under this Part which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of F4disabled part-time students’ allowance to which the student is entitled.

The Secretary of State must recover an overpayment of F5... disabled part-time students' allowance unless the Secretary of State considers that it is not appropriate to do so.

The methods of recovery are—

A payment of the disabled part-time students' allowance made before the relevant date is an overpayment if the student withdraws from the course before the relevant date unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise.

In this regulation, the “relevant date” is the date on which the first term of the academic year in question actually begins.

In the circumstances set out in paragraph (8) or (9), there is an overpayment of the disabled part-time students' allowance unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise.

The circumstances are—

The circumstances are—

Where there is an overpayment of the disabled part-time students' allowance, the Secretary of State may accept the return of specialist equipment purchased with the grant by way of recovery of all or part of the overpayment if the Secretary of State considers it is appropriate to do so.