CHAPTER 3E+W
Applications for a postgraduate doctoral degree loanE+W
9.—(1) Where a person (the “applicant”) applies for a postgraduate doctoral 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 whether the applicant qualifies for a postgraduate doctoral degree loan.
Time LimitE+W
10.—(1) An application for a postgraduate doctoral degree loan, or an application to amend the amount of loan applied for, must reach the Secretary of State no later than the end of the ninth month of the final academic year of the course.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the Secretary of State considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit is to be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than such date as the Secretary of State specifies.
Requirement to enter into a contract for a postgraduate doctoral degree loanE+W
11.—(1) To receive a postgraduate doctoral 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.