The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Amendments relating to Persons granted humanitarian protection and their family members

9.  In Schedule 1 to the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (interpretation) —

(a) in paragraph 1(1) after the definition of “overseas territories” insert—

““persons granted humanitarian protection” means a person—

(a)

who, on the grounds of humanitarian protection, has been granted leave to remain under the immigration rules as defined in section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971;

(b)

whose leave to remain is extant, or in respect of whose leave to remain an appeal is pending (within section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002)(1);

(c)

who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave to remain.”

(b) after paragraph 4B (as inserted by these regulations), insert—

“Persons granted humanitarian protection and their family members

4C.   —

(1) A person granted humanitarian protection who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted humanitarian protection;

(b) was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted humanitarian protection on the date on which that person applied for asylum (the “asylum application date”);

(c) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person who—

(a) is the child of a person granted humanitarian protection or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted humanitarian protection;

(b) on the asylum application date, was the child of that person or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted humanitarian protection on that date;

(c) was under 18 years of age on the asylum application date;

(d) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(e) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.”

(1)

section 104 was amended by the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c.19), section 26 and Schedule 2 and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c.13), section 9