Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations

19.1 (1) A borrower shall, no later than the day that is 30 days after a repayment assistance period ends, pay to the lender or the Minister, as the case may be, the federal portion of the monthly affordable payments calculated under subsection 19(2) in respect of that period.

(2) The amount of interest payable by the borrower for a month during a repayment assistance period on the outstanding principal shall be reduced by the lender or the Minister, as the case may be, by the federal portion of the difference between the monthly required payment calculated under subsection 19(3) and the monthly affordable payment calculated under subsection 19(2). That reduction shall only be made in relation to the months for which the borrower complies with subsection (1).

(3) If the reduction referred to in subsection (2) is made by the lender, the Minister, on being notified of the reduction by the lender in the prescribed form, shall pay to the lender the amount of the reduction.

(4) In this section, federal portion means the ratio of outstanding principal in relation to student loans and guaranteed student loans to the outstanding principal in relation to those loans and provincial loans.

(5) Payments made under this section shall be attributed in proportion to the outstanding principal of each student loan, guaranteed student loan and apprentice loan for which instalments are due.