Payment of grants for fees
97.—(1) The Department must not pay the grant for fees for which a student qualifies until the Department has received a request for payment from the academic authority.
(2) Payment must be made to the academic authority—
(a)not before the expiry of a period of three months beginning with the first day of the academic year; and
(b)not later than 10 weeks after the expiry of the period in sub-paragraph (a), or promptly after a request for payment has been received, if that is later.
(3) Where assessment of the student’s contribution or other matters have delayed the final calculation of the amount of grant for fees for which the student qualifies, the Department may make a provisional assessment and payment.
(4) No payment of the grant for fees can be made in respect of a designated course if—
(a)before the expiry of a period of three months beginning with the first day of the academic year the eligible student ceases to attend or, in the case of a student who is treated as in attendance under regulation 19, undertake the course; and
(b)the academic authority has determined or agreed that the student will not begin attending or, as the case may be, undertaking in the United Kingdom the course again during the academic year in respect of which the fees are payable or at all.