# The Higher Education Short Course Loans Regulations 2022, Regulation 16: Payment of HESC loans

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State must pay the HESC loan for which an eligible student qualifies to the institution to which the student is liable to make payment.
(2) The Secretary of State must not pay the HESC loan until the Secretary of State has received from the institution—
(a) a request for payment, and
(b) confirmation (in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State) that the student is enrolled for the HE short course in connection with which the student is applying for support and is undertaking that course.
(3) The Secretary of State may refuse to pay an HESC loan to a student in connection with an HE short course if that student is in receipt of public funds for part or all of the fees for that course.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (4) “public funds” means moneys provided by Parliament or by a government authority outside the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/349/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-short-course-loans-regulations-2022/regulation-16
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