Paragraph 13 Long ResidenceF1
England, Wales and Scotland
A person—
who on the first day of the first F2relevant year of the course either—
is under the age of 18 and has lived in the United Kingdom throughout the seven-year period preceding the first day of the first relevant year of the course; or
is aged 18 or above and, preceding the first day of the first relevant year of the course, has lived in the United Kingdom throughout either—
half their life; or
a period of twenty years;
who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first F3relevant year of the course;
who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first F4relevant year of the course; and
subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with regulation 2(4).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 para. 13 substituted (3.3.2017) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/114), regs. 1(2), 31(b)
- F2
Word in Sch. 1 para. 13(1)(a) substituted (1.9.2026) by The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/858), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 8 para. 6(24) (with reg. 1(2))
- F3
Word in Sch. 1 para. 13(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2026) by The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/858), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 8 para. 6(24) (with reg. 1(2))
- F4
Word in Sch. 1 para. 13(1)(c) substituted (1.9.2026) by The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/858), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 8 para. 6(24) (with reg. 1(2))