The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Amendment of the Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2022

2.—(1) The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2022(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (relevant connection with Scotland), in paragraph (c), for sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v) substitute—

“(ii) a person (other than a person who has applied for refugee status) who has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that they have been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and whose leave has not expired, or

(iii) the spouse, civil partner or child of a person described in sub-paragraphs (i) or   (ii).”.

(3) In schedule 1 (fees – excepted students)—

(a) in paragraph 13 (Ukrainian nationals), at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(b) after “Scotland” insert “on the relevant date”,

(b) in paragraph 18 (persons who are children of asylum seekers and young asylum seekers)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “relevant date,” insert “and”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) omit “which application must have been made prior to 1 December 2006, and”,

(iii) omit sub-paragraph (1)(d).

(1)

S.S.I. 2022/156, as amended by S.S.I. 2022/362.