The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 No. 157

PART 2 N.I.

CHAPTER 6 N.I. Eligibility for home fee status in certain circumstances where leave to remain expired

Amendments to the 2007 Regulations N.I.

21.  In regulation 5 (qualifying person), after paragraph (1C)(1) insert—

“(1D) For the purposes of this regulation, where—

(a) a person becomes, after the course start date or on the first day of an academic year of the course, a person who no longer falls within a paragraph of the Schedule as a result of that person’s leave to remain, or the leave to remain of that person’s spouse, civil partner or parent, as the case may be, having expired; and

(b) further leave to remain has been granted or the person whose leave to remain has expired has become a British or Irish citizen,

the person who would otherwise no longer fall within a paragraph of the Schedule is to be treated as falling within the paragraph of the Schedule in which they previously fell for the remainder of the duration of the course.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 21 in operation at 14.8.2024 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(e)

(1)

Paragraph 1C was inserted by S.R. 2021 No. 85.