The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Amendment of the Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007

4.  After paragraph 6B of schedule 1 (persons eligible for allowances) of the Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007(1), insert—

“6C.   A person who—

(a) (i) is an Afghan national who has been granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme 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 limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(iii) is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant 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 relevant date.

6D.   A person who—

(a) (i) has been granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person under the immigration rules 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 limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(iii) is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant 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 relevant date.”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2007/151, amended by S.S.I. 2007/503, S.S.I. 2008/206, S.S.I. 2009/188, S.S.I. 2009/309, S.S.I. 2012/72, S.S.I. 2013/80, S.S.I. 2016/82 and S.S.I. 2017/180.