Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
5.—(1) A person—
(a)with leave to enter or remain;
(b)who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(c)who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.
(2) A person—
(a)who is the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;
(b)who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the date on which that person made the application for asylum;
(c)who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(d)who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.
(3) A person—
(a)who is the child of a person with leave to enter or remain or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;
(b)who, on the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application for asylum, was the child of that person or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on that date;
(c)who was under 18 on the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application for asylum;
(d)who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(e)who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.