Regulation 8 Information

A liable student applying for a loan under regulation 7 must as soon as reasonably practicable after requested to do so, provide the Scottish Ministers with such information as they consider necessary for the exercise of their functions under these Regulations.

The Scottish Ministers may at any time require a liable student to enter into an agreement to repay a loan by a particular method.

The Scottish Ministers may at any time request from a liable student sight of his or her valid national identity card, his or her valid passport issued by the state of which he or she is a national or his or her birth certificate.

The Scottish Ministers may at any time verify with the Department for Work and Pensions the United Kingdom national insurance number provided by a liable student or may check with the Department for Work and Pensions whether the liable student has such a number with a view to obtaining it if the liable student does have such a number.

Where the Scottish Ministers have requested information or documents under this regulation, they may withhold any payment of a loan until the liable student provides what has been requested or provides a satisfactory explanation for not complying with the request.

Where the Scottish Ministers have requested an agreement in terms of paragraph (2) as to the method of repayment, they may withhold any payment of a loan until the liable student enters into such an agreement.