The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE E+W

1.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule— E+W

[F1 “the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Hawliau Dinasyddion 2020”) means the Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;]

“academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means the period of twelve months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1 January and before 1 April, on or after 1 April and before 1 July, on or after 1 July and before 1 August or on or after 1 August and on or before 31 December, respectively;

“Directive 2004/38” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2004/38”) means Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the rights of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States(1);

“EEA frontier self-employed person” (“person hunangyflogedig ffin yr AEE”) means an EEA national who—

(a)

is a self-employed person in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

resides in Switzerland or the territory of an EEA State F2 ... and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State daily or at least once a week;

“EEA frontier worker” (“gweithiwr ffin yr AEE”) means an EEA national who—

(a)

is a worker in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

resides in Switzerland or the territory of an EEA State F2 ... and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State daily or at least once a week;

“EEA migrant worker” (“gweithiwr mudol o’r AEE”) means an EEA national who is a worker, other than an EEA frontier worker, in the United Kingdom;

“EEA national” (“gwladolyn o’r AEE”) means a national of an EEA State F2 ...;

“EEA self-employed person” (“person hunangyflogedig o’r AEE”) means an EEA national who is a self-employed person, other than an EEA frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom;

[F3 “EEA EFTA separation agreement” (“cytundeb gwahanu EFTA yr AEE”) has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;]

“employed person” (“person cyflogedig”) means an employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;

“employment” (“cyflogaeth”) means full-time or part-time employment;

“EU national” (“gwladolyn o’r UE”) means a national of a Member State of the European Union;

“European Economic Area” (“Ardal Economaidd Ewropeaidd”) means the area comprised by the EEA States;

“European Union” (“yr Undeb Ewropeaidd”) means the territory comprised by the Member States of the European Union as constituted from time to time;

“family member” (“aelod o deulu”) means—

(a)

in relation to an EEA frontier worker, an EEA migrant worker, an EEA frontier self-employed person [F4 , an EEA self-employed person, a relevant person of Northern Ireland who is treated as an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person by virtue of paragraph 6A(3)] —

(i)

that person’s spouse or civil partner;

(ii)

direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are—

(aa)

under the age of 21; or

(bb)

dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner; or

(iii)

dependent direct relatives in the ascending line of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner;

(b)

in relation to a Swiss employed person, a Swiss frontier employed person, a Swiss frontier self-employed person or a Swiss self-employed person—

(i)

the person’s spouse or civil partner; or

(ii)

the person’s child or the child of the person’s spouse or civil partner;

(c)

in relation to an EU national who falls within Article 7(1)(c) of Directive 2004/38 [F5 or, for the purposes of paragraph 9A, in relation to a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would fall within Article 7(1)(c) of Directive 2004/38 if that person were an EU national or solely an EU national] —

(i)

the national’s spouse or civil partner; or

(ii)

direct descendants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner who are—

(aa)

under the age of 21; or

(bb)

dependants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner;

(d)

in relation to an EU national who falls within Article 7(1)(b) of Directive 2004/38 [F6 or, for the purposes of paragraph 9A, in relation to a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would fall within Article 7(1)(b) of Directive 2004/38 if that person were an EU national or solely an EU national] —

(i)

the national’s spouse or civil partner;

(ii)

direct descendants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner who are—

(aa)

under the age of 21; or

(bb)

dependants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner; or

(iii)

dependent direct relatives in the national’s ascending line or of the national’s spouse or civil partner;

(e)

in relation to a United Kingdom national, for the purposes of [F7 paragraphs 9, 9B, 9E and for the purposes of paragraphs 9C and 9D in relation to persons settled in the United Kingdom] —

(i)

the national’s spouse or civil partner; or

(ii)

direct descendants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner who are—

(aa)

under the age of 21; or

(bb)

dependants of the national or the national’s spouse or civil partner;

[F8 “immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo”) means the rules laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;]

“the Islands” (“yr Ynysoedd”) means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;

“overseas territories” (“tiriogaethau tramor”) means Anguilla; Aruba; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; F9 ... Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; [F10 Gibraltar;] Mayotte; Greenland; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten); Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; St-Barthélemy; [F11 St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; Turks and Caicos Islands [F12 ; Virgin Islands;] and Wallis and Futuna;

F13 ...

[F1 “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo ddod i mewn neu aros fel person a ddiogelir”) means a person who has—

(a)

extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules;

(b)

extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules;

(c)

extant leave to remain in the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and in accordance with the immigration rules; [F14 or]

(d)

extant leave to remain under paragraphs 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T of the immigration rules (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave);

(e)

F15 ...

(ea)

F15 ...

(eb)

F15 ...

(f)

F15 ...

(g)

F15 ...

(h)

F15 ...]

[F1 “person granted [F16 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner” (“person y rhoddwyd [F17 caniatâd iddo ddod i mewn neu aros] fel partner a ddiogelir”) means a person with extant [F16 leave to enter or remain] in the United Kingdom as either a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse or as a bereaved partner under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules—

(1)

[F18 in the case of a person granted leave to remain before 31 January 2024, any of the following provisions of the immigration rules—]

(a)

paragraphs 289B and 289D (victims of domestic violence);

(b)

paragraphs D-DVILR.1.1. and D-DVILR.1.2. of Appendix FM (victims of domestic abuse);

(c)

paragraphs 40 and 41 of Appendix Armed Forces (victims of domestic violence who are partners of members of armed forces);

(d)

paragraph 288, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 287(b) of the immigration rules are met (bereaved spouses or civil partners);

(e)

paragraphs D-BPILR.1.1. and D-BPILR.1.2. of Appendix FM (bereaved partners);

(f)

paragraphs 36 and 37 of Appendix Armed Forces (bereaved partners); or

(g)

paragraph 295N, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 295M of the immigration rules are met (bereaved unmarried or same sex partners);

(2)

[F19 in the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain on or after 31 January 2024, either of the following provisions of the immigration rules—

(a)

paragraph VDA 9.1 of the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse, or

(b)

paragraph BP 11.1 of Appendix Bereaved Partner.]

“person with leave to enter or remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros”) means a person (“P”)—

(a)

[F20 who has—

(i)

applied for refugee status but has, as a result of that application, been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although P is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow P to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of F21 ... discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;

(ii)

not applied for refugee status but has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that it is thought right to allow P to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;

(iia)

[F22 been granted leave to remain on the grounds of family life under the immigration rules;]

(iii)

been granted leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules; or

(iv)

been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although P is not considered to qualify for leave to remain on the grounds of private [F23 or family] life under the immigration rules, P has been granted leave to remain outside the rules on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;]

(c)

whose period of leave to enter or remain has not expired or has been renewed and the period for which it was renewed has not expired or in respect of whose leave to enter or remain an appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002); and

(d)

who has been ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] throughout the period since P was granted leave to enter or remain;

[F25 “person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros fel dinesydd perthnasol o Affganistan”) means a person who has—

(a)

indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BA2 of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules;

(b)

indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.1 of Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy to the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.2 of that Appendix to the immigration rules;

(c)

leave to enter or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme; or

(d)

indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme;]

[F1 “person with protected rights” (“person sydd â hawliau gwarchodedig”) means—

(1)

F26 .

(a)

a person within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions who—

(i)

has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules;

(ii)

is an Irish citizen who, pursuant to section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971, does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; F27 ...

(iii)

is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations where the relevant period has not expired; or

(iv)

[F28 otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any citizens’ rights deeming provisions; or]

(b)

a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland for the purposes of residence scheme immigration rules, where that family member has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules;

(2)

• [F29 In paragraph (1)(iv) “citizens’ rights deeming provisions” means—

  (a)

  Article 18(2) and (3) (issuance of residence documents) of the EU withdrawal agreement;

  (b)

  Article 17(2) and (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(2) and (3) (issuance of residence documents) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement.]]

F30 ...

[F1 “protected spouse or civil partner” (“priod neu bartner sifil a ddiogelir”) means a spouse or civil partner of a person who has—

(a)

extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules; or

(b)

extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules;]

[F31 “protected Ukrainian national” (“gwladolyn Wcreinaidd a ddiogelir”) means a person granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom—

(a)

under paragraph 9.1 (Ukraine Family Scheme), 19.1 (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) or 27.1 (Ukraine Extension Scheme) of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules; or

(b)

outside the immigration rules, where the person—

(i)

was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022; and

(ii)

left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022;]

“refugee” (“ffoadur”) means a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951(2) as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4 October 1967(3);

[F1 “relevant period” (“cyfnod perthnasol”) has the meaning given by regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations;]

[F1 “relevant person of Northern Ireland” (“person perthnasol o Ogledd Iwerddon”) has the meaning given by residence scheme immigration rules;]

[F3 “residence scheme immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo’r cynllun preswylio”) has the meaning given by section 17(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;]

F32 ...

“self-employed person” (“person hunangyflogedig”) means—

(a)

in relation to an EEA national, a person who is self-employed within the meaning of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement, as the case may be; or

(b)

in relation to a Swiss national, a person who is a self-employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;

“settled” (“wedi setlo”) has the meaning given by section 33(2A) of the Immigration Act 1971(4);

[F1 “specified British overseas territories” (“tiriogaethau tramor Prydeinig penodedig”) means Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; F33 ... Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; [F34 St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]; [F35 Turks and Caicos Islands; and Virgin Islands];]

“Swiss Agreement” (“Cytundeb y Swistir”) means the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons signed at Luxembourg on 21 June 1999(5) and which came into force on 1 June 2002;

[F3 “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” (“cytundeb ar hawliau dinasyddion Swisaidd”) has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;]

“Swiss employed person” (“person cyflogedig Swisaidd”) means a Swiss national who is an employed person, other than a Swiss frontier employed person, in the United Kingdom;

“Swiss frontier employed person” (“person cyflogedig ffin y Swistir”) means a Swiss national who—

(a)

is an employed person in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

resides in Switzerland or in the territory of an EEA State F2 ... and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State daily or at least once a week;

“Swiss frontier self-employed person” (“person hunangyflogedig ffin y Swistir”) means a Swiss national who—

(a)

is a self-employed person in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

resides in Switzerland or in the territory of an EEA State F2 ... and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State daily or at least once a week;

“Swiss self-employed person” (“person hunangyflogedig Swisaidd”) means a Swiss national who is a self-employed person, other than a Swiss frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom;

“Turkish worker” (“gweithiwr Twrcaidd”) means a Turkish national who—

(a)

is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

is, or has been lawfully employed in the United Kingdom; and

[F1 “United Kingdom national” (“gwladolyn o’r Deyrnas Unedig”) has the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the EU withdrawal agreement;]

“worker” (“gweithiwr”) means a worker within the meaning of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement as the case may be.

[F1 “the Workers Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Gweithwyr”) means Regulation (EU) No. 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union;]

[F36 (1A) For the purposes of this Schedule, a reference to a “Member State” or “State” in Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 is to be read as including the United Kingdom.]

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, “parent” (“rhiant”) includes a guardian, any other person having parental responsibility for a child and any person having care of a child and “child” (“plentyn”) is to be construed accordingly.

(3) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person (“P” in this definition) is to be treated as ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] [F37 , in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland], in [F38 the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland], in [F39 the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories] [F40 , in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories], or in [F41 the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories] if P would have been so resident but for the fact that—

(a) P;

(b) P’s spouse or civil partner;

(c) P’s parent; or

(d) in the case of dependent direct relative in the ascending line, P’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner,

is or was temporarily employed outside the area in question.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), temporary employment includes—

(a) in the case of members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, any period which they serve outside the United Kingdom as members of such forces;

[F42 (aa) in the case of members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Republic of Ireland, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland as members of such forces;]

(b) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of an EEA State or Switzerland, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising [F43 the United Kingdom, Gibraltar,] the European Economic Area and Switzerland as members of such forces; and

(c) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of Turkey, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising [F44 the United Kingdom, Gibraltar,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey as members of such forces.

(5) For the purposes of this Schedule an area [F45 other than the United Kingdom or Gibraltar] which—

(a) was previously not part of the European Union or the European Economic Area; but

(b) at any time before or after these Regulations come into force has become part of one or the other or both of these areas,

is to be considered to have always been a part of the European Economic Area.

(6) For the purposes of this Schedule a person who is ordinarily resident in Wales, England, [F46 Scotland or] Northern Ireland F47 ... having moved from one of those areas for the purpose of undertaking—

(a) the present course; or

(b) a course which, disregarding any intervening vacation, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the present course,

is to be considered to be ordinarily resident in the place from which the person moved.

[F48 (7) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions if that person falls within—

(a) Article 10 (personal scope) of the EU withdrawal agreement;

(b) Article 9 (personal scope) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement; or

(c) Article 10 (personal scope) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(f) (with reg. 2)

F2 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(a)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(a)(ii)

F4 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 2)

F5 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 2)

F6 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(a)(iii) (with reg. 2)

F7 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 15(a) (with reg. 2)

F8 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(a)(i)

F9 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (6.7.2023) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(i)

F10 Word in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(a)(iii)

F11 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(ii)

F12 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(iii)

F13 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (25.4.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(b) (with reg. 2)

F14 Word in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 16(a)(i)

F15 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 16(a)(ii)

F16 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(a)(i)

F17 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(a)(ii)

F18 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(a)(iii)

F19 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(a)(iv)

F20 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(a)(ii)

F21 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (25.4.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(c) (with reg. 2)

F22 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (9.9.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amendments to Student Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1192), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)

F23 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (9.9.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amendments to Student Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1192), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)

F24 Words in Regulations substituted (8.3.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(2), 12

F25 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 16(b)

F26 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) renumbered (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(a)(i)

F27 Word in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(a)(ii)

F28 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(a)(ii)

F29 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(a)(iii)

F30 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (25.4.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(d) (with reg. 2)

F31 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 17(a)

F32 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (25.4.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(2)(e) (with reg. 2)

F33 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) omitted (6.7.2023) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(i)

F34 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(ii)

F35 Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(iii)

F36 Sch. para. 1(1A) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(3) (with reg. 2)

F37 Words in Sch. para. 1(3) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(4)(a) (with reg. 2)

F38 Words in Sch. para. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(b)(i)

F39 Words in Sch. para. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(b)(ii)

F40 Words in Sch. para. 1(3) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(4)(b) (with reg. 2)

F41 Words in Sch. para. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(b)(iii)

F42 Sch. para. 1(4)(aa) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(5) (with reg. 2)

F43 Words in Sch. para. 1(4)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(c)

F44 Words in Sch. para. 1(4)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(c)

F45 Words in Sch. para. 1(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(2)(d)

F46 Words in Sch. para. 1(6) substituted (23.2.2022) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 12(a) (with reg. 2)

F47 Words in Sch. para. 1(6) omitted (23.2.2022) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 12(b) (with reg. 2)

F48 Sch. para. 1(7) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 32(6) (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 1 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom E+W

2.—(1) A person who on the first day of the first academic year of the course—

[F49 (a) is settled in the United Kingdom and does not fall within paragraph 3;]

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose residence in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

Textual Amendments

F24 Words in Regulations substituted (8.3.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(2), 12

F49 Sch. para. 2(1)(a) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 33 (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. para. 2 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F50 2A.— (1) A person—

(a) who is settled in the United Kingdom [F51 on the day on which the first term of the first academic year actually begins], and does not fall within paragraph 3;

(b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom [F51 on the day on which the first term of the first academic year actually begins];

(c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland in accordance with paragraph 1(3).]

Textual Amendments

F50 Sch. para. 2A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 34 (with reg. 2)

F51 Words in Sch. para. 2A(1)(a)(b) substituted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(b)

3.— [F52 (1)]  A person who—

[F53 (a) meets one of the following conditions on the first day of an academic year of the course—

(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;

(iii) 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 [F54 or otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in sub-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 [F55 or otherwise has a deemed right of permanent residence by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in sub-paragraph (3)]; or

(iv) 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 the first academic year of the course;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) in a case where the residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F56 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories immediately before the period of residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c).

[F57 (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.]

[F58 (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii), 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

F24 Words in Regulations substituted (8.3.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(2), 12

F52 Sch. para. 3 renumbered as Sch. para. 3(1) (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 35(a) (with reg. 2)

F53 Sch. para. 3(1)(a) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 35(b) (with reg. 2)

F54 Words in Sch. para. 3(1)(iii)(bb) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(c)(i)

F55 Words in Sch. para. 3(1)(iii)(cc) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(c)(ii)

F56 Words in Sch. para. 3(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(3)(b)

F57 Sch. para. 3(2) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 35(c) (with reg. 2)

F58 Sch. para. 3(3) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 11(c)(iii)

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. para. 3 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Refugees and their family members E+W

4.—(1) A person who—

(a) is a refugee;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] and has not ceased to be so resident since the person was recognised as a refugee; and

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is the spouse or civil partner of a refugee;

(b) was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on the date on which the refugee made an application for asylum;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] and has not ceased to be so resident since the refugee was given leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person who—

(a) is the child of a refugee or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a refugee;

(b) on the date on which the refugee applied for asylum, was the child of the refugee or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on that date;

(c) was under 18 on the date on which the refugee applied for asylum;

(d) is ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] and has not ceased to be so resident since the refugee was given leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(e) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

Textual Amendments

F24 Words in Regulations substituted (8.3.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(2), 12

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. para. 4 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F59 Protected persons and their family members E+W

4A.— (1) A person—

(a) granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

(b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave; and

(c) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is a protected spouse or civil partner;

(b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules or as a stateless person under the immigration rules);

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person who—

(a) is a protected child;

(b) on the leave application date was—

(i) under 18 years old; and

(ii) was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person on that date (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, stateless leave under the immigration rules or section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the immigration rules, as the case may be);

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(4) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person.]

Textual Amendments

F59 Sch. para. 4A substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 36 (with reg. 2)

Persons granted [F60 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner and their children E+W

4B.—(1) A person—

(a) granted [F61 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner;

(b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave; and

(c) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is the child of a person granted [F62 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner;

(b) on the leave application date was under 18 years old and was the child of a person granted [F63 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted [F64 leave to enter or remain] in the United Kingdom;

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted [F65 leave to enter or remain] as a protected partner.

Textual Amendments

F60 Words in Sch. para. 4B heading substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(i)

F61 Words in Sch. para. 4B(1)(a) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(ii)

F62 Words in Sch. para. 4B(2)(a) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(iii)

F63 Words in Sch. para. 4B(2)(b) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(iv)

F64 Words in Sch. para. 4B(2)(c) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(v)

F65 Words in Sch. para. 4B(3) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 9(b)(vi)

[F66 Protected Ukrainian nationals E+W

4C.— [F67 (1)] A person who—

(a) is a protected Ukrainian national;

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since becoming a protected Ukrainian national; and

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

[F68 (2) A person who—

(a) is the spouse or civil partner of a protected Ukrainian national;

(b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of that person;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person who—

(a) is—

(i) the child of a protected Ukrainian national; or

(ii) the child of a spouse or civil partner of a protected Ukrainian national;

(b) on the leave application date was—

(i) under 18 years old; and

(ii) the child of the protected Ukrainian national or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of a protected Ukrainian national;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(4) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected Ukrainian national.]]

Textual Amendments

F66 Sch. para. 4C inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 17(b)

F67 Sch. para. 4C renumbered as Sch. para. 4C(1) (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 17(a)

F68 Sch. para. 4C(2)-(4) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 17(b)

[F69 Person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen E+W

4D.— (1) A person who—

(a) is a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave; and

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

(b) on the leave application date was the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person who—

(a) is—

(i) the child of a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen; or

(ii) the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

(b) on the leave application date was—

(i) under 18 years old; and

(ii) the child of the person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(4) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen.]

Textual Amendments

F69 Sch. para. 4D inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 16(c)

Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members E+W

5.—(1) A person—

(a) with leave to enter or remain; and

(b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) A person who—

(a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;

[F70 (b) was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the leave application date; and]

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) A person—

(a) who is the child of a person with leave to enter or remain or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;

[F71 (b) who, on the leave application date, was the child of the person with leave to enter or remain or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on that date;]

[F72 (c) who was under 18 on the leave application date; and]

(d) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

[F73 (4) In this paragraph “leave application date” means the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application that led to that person being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F70 Sch. para. 5(2)(b) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(c)(i)

F71 Sch. para. 5(3)(b) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(c)(ii)

F72 Sch. para. 5(3)(c) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(c)(iii)

F73 Sch. para. 5(4) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 49(c)(iv)

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. para. 5 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Persons with section 67 leave to remain E+W

F74 5A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F74 Sch. para. 5A omitted (25.4.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 38 (with reg. 2)

Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members E+W

6.—(1) A person who—

(a) is—

(i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person;

(ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person;

(iii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii);

(iv) an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

(v) a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or

(vi) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v);

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F75 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of that sub-paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F75 Words in Sch. para. 6(1)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(4)

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. para. 6 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F76 6A.— (1) A person with protected rights or a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 who—

(a) is—

(i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person;

(ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person;

(iii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii);

(iv) an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

(v) a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or

(vi) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v);

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person applying for support falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of sub-paragraph (1).

(3) In this paragraph, a description of a person in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) is to be read as if it includes a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would, if that person were an EEA national or solely an EEA national, be an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person.]

Textual Amendments

F76 Sch. para. 6A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 39 (with reg. 2)

7.— [F77 (1)]  A person who—

(a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F78 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c) is entitled to support by virtue of [F79 Article 10 of the Workers Regulation, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, as extended by the EEA Agreement, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;]

[F80 (d) for the purposes of paragraph (c), in Article 10 of the Workers Regulation the reference to “another Member State” is to be read as including the United Kingdom and the references to “that State” construed accordingly.]

[F81 (2) Any description of person who would have fallen within this paragraph immediately before [F82 IP] completion day is to be treated as falling within this paragraph on and after [F82 IP] completion day.]

Textual Amendments

F77 Sch. para. 7 renumbered as Sch. para. 7(1) (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(5)(a)

F78 Words in Sch. para. 7(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(5)(b)

F79 Words in Sch. para. 7(1)(c) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 40(a)(i) (with reg. 2)

F80 Sch. para. 7(1)(d) inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 40(a)(ii) (with reg. 2)

F81 Sch. para. 7(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(5)(c)

F82 Words in Sch. para. 7(2) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 40(b) (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. para. 7 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F83 7A.— (1) A person with protected rights who—

(a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c) is entitled to support by virtue of Article 10 of the Workers Regulation, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, as extended by the EEA Agreement, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), in Article 10 of the Workers Regulation—

(a) the reference to a “national of a Member State” is to be read as including a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and

(b) the reference to “another Member State” is to be read as including the United Kingdom and the references to “that State” construed accordingly.]

Textual Amendments

F83 Sch. para. 7A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 41 (with reg. 2)

Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere E+W

8.—(1) A person who—

(a) is settled in the United Kingdom;

(b) left the United Kingdom and exercised a right of residence [F84 before [F85 IP] completion day] after having been settled in the United Kingdom;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the day on which the first term of the first academic year begins;

(d) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F86 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(e) in a case where the ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d) was wholly or mainly for the purposes of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F87 the United Kingdom, Gibraltar,] the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d).

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person (“A” in this sub-paragraph) has exercised a right of residence—

(a) where A is a United Kingdom national, a family member of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement) or a person who [F88 had the right] of permanent residence, A has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom; or

(b) where A is settled in the United Kingdom and [F89 had the right] of permanent residence, A [F90 has gone] to the state within the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland of which A is a national or of which the person in relation to whom A is a family member is a national.

[F91 (3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person had the right of permanent residence if they had a right which arose under Directive 2004/38 to reside permanently in the United Kingdom without restriction.]

Textual Amendments

F84 Words in Sch. para. 8(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(a)

F85 Word in Sch. para. 8(1)(b) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 42 (with reg. 2)

F86 Words in Sch. para. 8(1)(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(b)

F87 Words in Sch. para. 8(1)(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(c)

F88 Words in Sch. para. 8(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(d)(i)

F89 Words in Sch. para. 8(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(d)(ii)(aa)

F90 Words in Sch. para. 8(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(d)(ii)(bb)

F91 Sch. para. 8(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(6)(e)

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. para. 8 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F92 8A.— (1) A person who— E+W

(a) is settled in the United Kingdom;

(b) left the United Kingdom and exercised a right of residence before IP completion day after having been settled in the United Kingdom;

(c) was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—

(i) in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories; or

(ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31 December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories,

and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the overseas territories throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the day on which the first term of the first academic year actually begins;

(e) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(f) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e).

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has exercised a right of residence if that person is a United Kingdom national, a family member of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement), or a person who had the right of permanent residence who in each case has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom or, in the case of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom and had the right of permanent residence, if the person has gone to the state within the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland of which the person is a national or of which the person in relation to whom the person is a family member is a national.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a person had the right of permanent residence if they had a right which arose under Directive 2004/38 to reside permanently in the United Kingdom without restriction.]

Textual Amendments

F92 Sch. para. 8A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 43 (with reg. 2)

EU nationals [F93 etc.] E+W

9.—(1) A person who—

(a) is either—

(i) an EU national on the first day of an academic year of the course; or

(ii) a family member of a such a person;

(b) is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(c) subject to sub-paragraph (2), has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F94 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the relevant territory has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

[F95 (2) Paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a family member of a person who—

(a) is—

(i) a United Kingdom national who has exercised a right to reside in the territory of a Member State under Article 7(1) of Directive 2004/38; or

(ii) an EU national; and

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.]

(3) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the relevant territory in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

[F96 (4) Any description of person who would have fallen within this paragraph immediately before [F97 IP] completion day is to be treated as falling within this paragraph on and after [F97 IP] completion day.]

Textual Amendments

F93 Word in Sch. para. 9 heading inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 44(a) (with reg. 2)

F94 Words in Sch. para. 9(1)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(7)(a)

F95 Sch. para. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(7)(b)

F96 Sch. para. 9(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(7)(c)

F97 Word in Sch. para. 9(4) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 44(b) (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. para. 9 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F98 9A.— (1) A person with protected rights— E+W

(a) who is—

(i) an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); or

(iii) a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland;

(b) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(c) who, subject to sub-paragraph (2), has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a family member of a person who—

(a) is an EU national or a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

United Kingdom nationals E+W

9B.— (1) A person—

(a) who is—

(i) a United Kingdom national on the first day of an academic year of the course; or

(ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

(b) who was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—

(i) in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories; or

(ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31 December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories,

and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(c) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(d) who, subject to sub-paragraph (2), has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(e) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the family member of a United Kingdom national, where that United Kingdom national—

(a) had, before IP completion day, exercised a right to reside in the territory of a Member State under Article 7(1) of Directive 2004/38; and

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) Paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

(4) Where a person (“P”) falls within sub- paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the person in relation to whom P is a family member must also meet the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (d).

(5) In this paragraph, “EU overseas territories” means Aruba; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; Mayotte; Greenland; Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten); St Barthélemy; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependences; and Wallis and Futuna.

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

[F99 Irish citizens in the EEA and Switzerland E+W

9BA.— (1) A person—

(a) who is an Irish citizen on the first day of [F100 an academic year of the course;]

(b) who was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—

(i) in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories, or

(ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31 December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories;

and has remained ordinary resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the EU overseas territories throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(c) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(e) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

(3) In this paragraph, “EU overseas territories” means Aruba; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; Mayotte; Greenland; Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten); St Barthélemy; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; and Wallis and Futuna.]

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

F99 Sch. para. 9BA inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 13

F100 Words in Sch. para. 9BA(1)(a) substituted (25.5.2022) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/473), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

9C.— (1) A person—

(a) who is—

(i) [F101 a person who is settled in the United Kingdom] on the first day of the first academic year of the course; or

(ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) [F102 , or who would be such a person if they were ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom];

(b) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(c) who has been ordinarily resident in the specified British overseas territories for at least part of the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(e) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

F101 Words in Sch. para. 9C(1)(a)(i) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 15(b)(i) (with reg. 2)

F102 Words in Sch. para. 9C(1)(a)(ii) inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 15(b)(ii) (with reg. 2)

9D.— (1) A person—

(a) who is a family member of a person who is [F103 settled in the United Kingdom] on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(b) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

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

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the United Kingdom and the Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

F103 Words in Sch. para. 9D(1)(a) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 16 (with reg. 2)

Persons resident in Gibraltar E+W

9E.— (1) A person—

(a) who is—

(i) a United Kingdom national who has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar;

(ii) a family member of a United Kingdom national, where that family member has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar;

(iii) an EU national who has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement; or

(iv) a family member of an EU national, where that family member has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement;

(b) who is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom;

(c) who, subject to sub-paragraph (2), has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

(2) Paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a family member of a person who—

(a) is an EU national or a relevant person of Northern Ireland; and

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

(3) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3).]

Textual Amendments

F98 Sch. paras. 9A-9E inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 45 (with reg. 2)

[F104 EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands] E+W

10.—(1) A person who—

(a) is an EU national F105 ... on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the [F24 United Kingdom and the Islands] throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) in a case where the 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 [F106 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

(2) Where a state accedes to the European Union after the first day of the first academic year of the course and a person is a national of that state, the requirement in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to be an EU national F107 ... on the first day of the first academic year of the course is treated as being satisfied.

Textual Amendments

F24 Words in Regulations substituted (8.3.2019) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(2), 12

F104 Sch. para. 10 heading inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 46 (with reg. 2)

F105 Words in Sch. para. 10(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(8)(a)

F106 Words in Sch. para. 10(1)(d) inserted (31.12.2020) The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(8)(b)

F107 Words in Sch. para. 10(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(8)(c)

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. para. 10 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F108 10A.   A person with protected rights who— E+W

(a) is an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

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

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

Textual Amendments

F108 Sch. para. 10A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 47 (with reg. 2)

[F109 Children of Swiss nationals E+W

11.— (1) A person who—

(a) is the child of a Swiss national who is entitled to support in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 3(6) of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) in a case where the 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 the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary resident referred to in paragraph (c).

(2) Any description of person who would have fallen within this paragraph immediately before [F110 IP] completion day is to be treated as falling within this paragraph on and after [F110 IP] completion day.]

Textual Amendments

F109 Sch. para. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(9)

F110 Word in Sch. para. 11(2) substituted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 48 (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. para. 11 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F111 11A.   A person with protected rights who— E+W

(a) is the child of a Swiss national who is entitled to support in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 18(2) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

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

Textual Amendments

F111 Sch. para. 11A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 49 (with reg. 2)

Children of Turkish workers E+W

12.  A person who—

(a) is the child of a Turkish worker;

(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising [F112 the United Kingdom,] the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

Textual Amendments

F112 Words in Sch. para. 12(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 9(10)

Commencement Information

I12 Sch. para. 12 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)

[F113 12A.   A person who—

(a) is the child of a Turkish worker (“T”), where T was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom immediately before IP completion day;

(b) immediately before IP completion day—

(i) was the child of T; and

(ii) was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom;

(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.]

Textual Amendments

F113 Sch. para. 12A inserted (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 50 (with reg. 2)

(1)

OJ L158, 30.04.2004, pp. 77-123.

(2)

Cmnd. 9171.

(3)

Cmnd. 3906, (out of print; photocopies are available, free of charge, from the Student Support Division, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington DL3 9BG).

(4)

Section 33(2A) was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).

(5)

Cm. 4904 and OJ No. L114, 30.04.02, p. 6.