After paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 (fees – excepted students) insert—

“6A.

A person shall be an excepted student if that person—

(a)

is an Iraqi national who has been—

(i)

granted indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under the Locally Engaged Staff Assistance Scheme (Direct Entry) operated by the Home Department; and

(ii)

ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands at all times since that person was first granted such indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom; or

(b)

is the spouse, civil partner, or child of a person of the kind described in sub-paragraph (a).”.