54. In regulation 9(1)(a)(i), after “8B,” insert “8BA,”.
55. In regulation 10(1), in exception 12 after “8B” insert “, 8BA”.
56. In Schedule 2, after paragraph 8B insert—
8BA.—(1) A person—
(a)who is an Irish citizen on the first day of the first academic year of the course,
(b)who was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—
(i)in the territory comprising the EEA and Switzerland, 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 EEA and Switzerland,
and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland 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 a designated course in Wales,
(d)who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland 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, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland 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, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland in accordance with paragraph 1(5).”