Regulation 18 Provision of United Kingdom national insurance numberI1
Scotland
(1)
The Scottish Ministers may make it a condition of eligibility for a loan that the applicant must provide them with their United Kingdom national insurance number.
(2)
Where the Scottish Ministers have imposed a condition under paragraph (1), they must not make any payment of the loan to the applicant before they are satisfied that the applicant has complied with that condition.
(3)
Despite paragraph (2), the Scottish Ministers may make a payment of loan to an applicant if they are satisfied that owing to exceptional circumstances it would be appropriate to make such a payment without the applicant or eligible student having complied with the condition imposed under paragraph (1).