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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-european-economic-area-amendment-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3183",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-european-economic-area-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1993, the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1993 (which also apply to Scotland) and the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1983 to give effect to certain obligations arising from the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm.2073) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm.2183).\nThe amendments reflect the fact that Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 now extends to the European Economic Area and not only to the European Community. Persons who have rights arising out of Article 7(2) or (3) or 12 of the Regulation are entitled to a full mandatory award in respect of maintenance and tuition fees and to student loans for attendance on prescribed courses of higher education and are also eligible for local authority discretionary awards, awards from the Research Councils and certain other institutions and post graduate agricultural studentships. The tuition fees and other fees charged to such students must be no higher than those charged to students from the United Kingdom.\nA mandatory award only in respect of tuition and other fees, which must be no higher than those charged to students from the United Kingdom, continues to be available only to nationals of a member state of the European Community who are not entitled to a full mandatory award, and is not made available to nationals from other states within the European Economic Area who are not so entitled.\nThe residence requirement, which nationals from member states of the European Community and migrant workers must satisfy, is extended to apply to residence within the European Economic Area.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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