Paragraph 15 Persons with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave and their family membersI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person granted leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date.

(2)

A person who—

(a)

is the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave;

(b)

was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave on the leave application date;

(c)

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

(d)

who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date.

(3)

A person who—

(a)

is the child of a person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave;

(b)

on the leave application date, was under 18 and was the child of the person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave on that date;

(c)

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

(d)

is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date.

(4)

In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave made the application that led to that person being granted leave to enter or remain on the grounds of discretionary leave in the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 15 in operation at 1.9.2023, see reg. 1