Amendment of the Education (Student Loans for Tuition Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 20065

For paragraph 1(c) of schedule 1 (eligible students), substitute—

c

is—

i

settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning given by section 33(2A)4 of the Immigration Act 1971 on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

ii

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

iii

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 half his or her life or a period of twenty years.