# The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1988 to alter provisions relating to the eligibility of nationals of member states of the European Community. They remove conditions which provided for a minimum period of employment in the United Kingdom. Nationals of other member states of the European Community will be eligible for bursaries where they fall to be treated as workers for the purposes of Article 7 of the Council Regulation 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community and are therefore entitled to equality of treatment with United Kingdom nationals, provided that other conditions as to ordinary residence in the European Community are satisfied and provided that they are appropriately connected with the area of the education authority concerned. Children of such nationals of other member states will similarly be eligible by virtue of Article 12 of Council Regulation 1612/68 where their parent is or has been a worker in the United Kingdom.
The Regulations also make minor amendments, of a consequential or drafting nature, to the provisions of the principal Regulations defining

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1423/note (the official version)
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