Regulation 157O Provision of United Kingdom national insurance numberF1

The Secretary of State may make it a condition of entitlement to payment of any loan under this Part that the eligible part-time student must provide the Secretary of State with the student’s United Kingdom national insurance number.

Where the Secretary of State has imposed a condition under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must not make any payment of the loan to the eligible part-time student before the Secretary of State is satisfied that the student has complied with that condition.

Despite paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may make a payment of loan to an eligible part-time student if the Secretary of State 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).