Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 201147.

In regulation 119 (Overpayments of support payable under Part 5 or Part 6)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “An eligible student”, substitute “A student”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(a), after “grant” insert “or loan”;

(c)

in paragraphs (7)(a) and (8)(a), omit the word “eligible”;

(d)

for paragraph (10), substitute—

“(10)

Any overpayment of a loan for living costs or a long courses loan in respect of any academic year is recoverable by the Secretary of State from the student to whom the payment was made.”;

(e)

for paragraph (11), substitute—

“(11)

The methods of recovery are—

(a)

subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant or loan payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act;

(b)

requiring the student to repay the loan in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act;

(c)

taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Secretary of State.”;

(f)

omit paragraph (12).