PART 13PAYMENTS, OVERPAYMENTS AND RECOVERY

CHAPTER 4OVERPAYMENTS AND RECOVERY

Recovery of overpayments of maintenance loans91

1

Where a maintenance loan has been overpaid for any of the reasons mentioned in paragraph (2), the Welsh Ministers may recover the overpayment—

a

by subtracting it from any maintenance loan payable to the eligible student from time to time under these Regulations or any other regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act, or

b

by any other method available to them.

2

The reasons are—

a

the student failed to promptly provide information which may have affected whether the student qualified for the loan or the amount of loan payable;

b

the student provided the information but it was materially inaccurate;

c

the student failed to provide information which the Welsh Ministers think is material in the context of recovering the loan.

3

Where a maintenance loan has been overpaid for any other reason, the Welsh Ministers may recover the overpayment only by subtracting it from any maintenance loan payable to the eligible student from time to time under these Regulations or any other regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act.