20. In the 2009 Regulations in Part 2 (categories) of Schedule 2 (eligible students), after paragraph 12, insert—
13. —
(1) A person
(a)who on the first day of the first academic year of the course is either—
(i)under the age of 18 and has lived in the United Kingdom throughout the seven-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; or
(ii)aged 18 years old or above and, preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, has lived in the United Kingdom throughout either—
(aa)half their life; or
(bb)a period of twenty years;
(b)is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland;
(c)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; and
(d)subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(4).”.