The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Conditions of bursary

5.—(1) Every bursary shall be held subject to the following conditions:–

(a) the holder shall attend regularly the course of study in respect of which the bursary is awarded;

(b) the education authority shall be satisfied as to the conduct and progress of the holder; and

(c) the holder shall provide the education authority with such information and such documents as they may from time to time require to enable them to exercise their functions under these Regulations.

(2) If the conditions specified in paragraph (1) are not complied with or if the holder receives from any other source any sum which, in the opinion of the education authority, makes it unnecessary for the holder to be assisted by means of a bursary, the education authority may suspend payment of the bursary or terminate the bursary.

(3) It shall be a condition of payment of a bursary that the applicant gives a written undertaking to pay to the education authority any amount of which they may request repayment in the circumstances specified in paragraph (4) and that, if the applicant is below the age of legal capacity and has any parent or guardian, the parent or guardian shall consent to the undertaking.

(4) Where the education authority are satisfied that there has been an overpayment of bursary for any reason and request repayment of the overpayment or so much thereof as they think fit, and the holder of the bursary has given an undertaking under paragraph (3), the holder of the bursary shall be obliged to pay to the education authority the amount requested.