The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Overpayments

73.—(1) Any overpayment of a grant in respect of fees under regulation 65(1)(a) may be recovered by the National Assembly from the academic authority.

(2) An eligible part-time student must, if so required by the National Assembly, repay any amount paid to the student under this Part which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of grant to which he or she qualifies under this Part.

(3) Any overpayment of grant under this Part may be recovered in whichever one or more of the following ways the National Assembly considers appropriate in all the circumstances —

(a) by subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made under section 22 of the Act;

(b) by taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to it.

(4) A payment of the disabled part-time students' grant for living costs under regulation 66 made before the relevant date is an overpayment if the student withdraws from the course before the relevant date unless the National Assembly decides otherwise.

(5) The “relevant date” (dyddiad perthnasol”)is the date on which the first term of the academic year in question actually begins.

(6) In the circumstances in paragraph (7) or (8), there is an overpayment of the disabled part-time students' grant for living costs under regulation 66 unless the National Assembly decides otherwise.

(7) The circumstances are—

(a) the National Assembly applies all or part of the disabled part-time students' grant for living costs under regulation 66 to the purchase of specialist equipment on behalf of the eligible part-time student;

(b) the student’s period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date; and

(c) the equipment has not been delivered to the student before the student’s period of eligibility terminated.

(8) The circumstances are—

(a) the eligible part-time student’s period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date;

(b) a payment of the disabled part-time students' grant for living costs under regulation 66 in respect of specialist equipment is made to the student after the eligible part-time student’s period of eligibility terminates.

(9) Where there is an overpayment of the disabled part-time students' grant for living costs under regulation 66, the National Assembly may accept the return of specialist equipment purchased with the grant by way of recovery of all or part of the overpayment if it considers it is appropriate to do so.