# The Higher Education Short Course Loans Regulations 2022, Regulation 15: Information requirements

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may, at any time, request from an applicant or an eligible student information that the Secretary of State considers is required to recover an HESC loan.
(2) The Secretary of State may, at any time, request from an applicant or an eligible student sight of their national identity card, passport issued by the state of which they are a national or their birth certificate.
(3) Where the Secretary of State has requested information under this regulation, the Secretary of State may withhold payment of an HESC loan until the person provides—
(a) what has been requested, or
(b) a satisfactory explanation for not complying with that request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/349/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-short-course-loans-regulations-2022/regulation-15
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