CHAPTER 3U.K.
Applications for a postgraduate master's degree loanU.K.
9.—(1) Where a person (the “applicant”) applies for a postgraduate master's degree loan in connection with a designated course, the applicant must complete and submit to the Secretary of State an application in such form and accompanied by such documentation as the Secretary of State may require.
(2) The Secretary of State may take such steps and make such inquiries as the Secretary of State considers necessary to determine whether the applicant is an eligible student.
(3) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant of whether the applicant qualifies for a postgraduate master's degree loan.
Time limitsU.K.
10.—(1) The general rule is that the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than—
(a)the end of the ninth month of the academic year in respect of which it is submitted, where the designated course is of one year in duration; or
(b)no later than the end of the ninth month of the second academic year of the course, where the designated course has a duration of more than one academic year.
(2) The general rule does not apply where the Secretary of State considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit should be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State not later than such date as the Secretary of State specifies.
(3) Where the applicant is applying to amend the amount of the postgraduate master's degree loan under regulation 12(3), the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than—
(a)the end of the ninth month of the academic year in respect of which it is submitted, where the designated course is of one year in duration; or
(b)no later than the end of the ninth month of the second academic year of the course, where the designated course has a duration of more than one academic year.
Requirement to enter into a contract for a postgraduate master's degree loanU.K.
11.—(1) To receive a postgraduate master's degree loan a student must enter into a contract with the Secretary of State.
(2) Where the Secretary of State requires a contract to be signed by a student, an electronic signature in such form as the Secretary of State may specify satisfies such a requirement.