The Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members

32.—(1) A person with protected rights who—

(a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date;

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the course start date; and

(c) is entitled to support by virtue of Article 10 of Regulations (EU) No. 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on the freedom of movement of workers within the Union (“the Workers Regulation”), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, as extended by the EEA Agreement, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), in Article 10 of the Workers Regulation—

(a) the reference to a “national of a Member State” is to be read as including a relevant person from Northern Ireland; and

(b) the reference to “another Member State” is to be read as including the United Kingdom, and the references to “that State” construed accordingly.