The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

Eligibility of evacuated or assisted British nationals from Afghanistan: further education loans

12.—(1) In regulation 3(2)(a)(i)(1), after “5A,” insert “5B, 5C,”.

(2) In Schedule 1—

(a) in paragraph 1(1), after the definition of “European Economic Area”, insert—

““evacuated or assisted British national from Afghanistan” means a person—

(a)

who is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas citizen, a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981 or a British protected person within the meaning of that Act;

(b)

who was either—

(i)

evacuated from Afghanistan by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member state, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran or Qatar during the period of the operation known as Operation Pitting, which began on 14th August 2021 and ended on 28th August 2021; or

(ii)

assisted by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, after 28th August 2021 and before 6th January 2022, to leave Afghanistan; and

(c)

who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since they were evacuated from or otherwise left Afghanistan;”;

(b) after paragraph 5A(2), insert—

“Evacuated or assisted British nationals from Afghanistan

5B.   An evacuated or assisted British national from Afghanistan who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the designated further education course.”.

(1)

Regulation 3(2)(a)(i) was substituted by S.I. 2021/127 and was amended by S.I. 2021/1348.

(2)

Paragraph 5A was inserted by S.I. 2021/1348.