Regulation 3 Qualifying Persons
For the purposes of these Regulations a person is a qualifying person if at the time of registration he has attained the age of 18 and he satisfies the condition specified in paragraph (2).
The condition referred to in paragraph (1) is that the person is resident in Scotland on a temporary or permanent basis and, where such residence is temporary, he is ordinarily resident within the European Economic Area.
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the residence of a member of the naval, military or air force of the Crown (“a member of the armed forces”) shall be determined as follows:
unless sub-paragraph (b) applies, a member of the armed forces shall be treated as resident at the establishment where he is for the time being serving; and
where the member of the armed forces is serving at an establishment outside the United Kingdom, he shall be treated as resident at the establishment in the United Kingdom where he most recently served, disregarding any establishment at which he served for a period of less than a month.