The Further Education Loans Regulations 2012

3.—(1) A person who—

[F1 (a) meets one of the following conditions—

(i) the person is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions and is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules;

(ii) the person—

(aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions;

(bb) is an Irish citizen settled in the United Kingdom who, pursuant to section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971, does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(cc) would meet the eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules if that person were to make an application for such leave;

F2 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iv) the person—

(aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions;

(bb) is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations [F3 or otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in paragraph (3)]; and

(cc) has, or is treated as having, a right of permanent residence for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, as those Regulations continue to have effect by virtue of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations in relation to that person during the relevant period [F4 or otherwise has a deemed right of permanent residence by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in paragraph (3)]; or

(v) the person is a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland for the purposes of residence scheme immigration rules, where that family member is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules;]

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of a designated further education course;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the further education course; and

(d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F5 the United Kingdom, F6 ...] the European Economic Area [F7 , Switzerland and the overseas territories] immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

[F8 (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii)(cc), “eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules” means the eligibility requirements for such leave in accordance with paragraph EU11 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules F9 ....]

[F10 (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iv), the citizens’ rights provisions referred to are—

(a) Article 18(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the EU withdrawal agreement;

(b) Article 17(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement (as defined in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020); or

(c) Article 16(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (1.3.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 51(5)(a)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a)(iii) omitted (23.12.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(e) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 35(3)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a)(iv)(bb) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 20(b)(i)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a)(iv)(cc) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 20(b)(ii)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1181), regs. 1(3), 23(3)(a)(ii)

F6 Word in Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(d) omitted (23.12.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 36(3)(d)(i)

F7 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(d) substituted (21.12.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 36(3)(d)(ii)

F8 Sch. 1 para. 3(2) inserted (1.3.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 51(5)(b)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(2) omitted (16.2.2023) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), regs. 1, 73(2)(a)

F10 Sch. 1 para. 3(3) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 20(b)(iii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1(1)