Amendment of the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 200718

After paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 (persons eligible for education maintenance allowances) to the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 20079 insert—

6A

A person who—

a

i

is an Iraqi national who has been granted indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under the Locally Engaged Staff Assistance Scheme (Direct Entry) operated by the Home Department;

ii

has been 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; and

iii

is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the qualifying date; or

b

is the spouse, civil partner or child of a person of the kind described in sub-paragraph (a) and who is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the qualifying date.