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

5.  In schedule 1 (persons eligible for allowances) of the Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007(1)—

(a)after paragraph 6D insert—

6E.(1) A person who—

(a)has been granted discretionary leave to remain in the United Kingdom due to being identified as a victim of modern slavery;

(b)has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands at all times since that person was first granted such discretionary leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and

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

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “modern slavery” includes human trafficking, slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour., and

(b)after paragraph 12 insert—

13.  A person who would have fallen within one or more of paragraphs 1 to 12 immediately before exit day is to be treated as falling within the same paragraph or paragraphs on and after exit day..