Paragraph 2
A person shall be an excepted candidate if—
(a)
he is eligible for a maintenance award by virtue of Article 7(2) or (3) or Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community as extended by the EEA Agreement, and
(b)
he would have a relevant connection with the European Economic Area for the purposes of Part III, Part IV or, as the case may be, Part V had any reference in regulation 9, in regulation 12, or in regulation 15 to the United Kingdom and Islands or to the United Kingdom been a reference to the European Economic Area, and had sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 15 been omitted.