# The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Paragraph 4


(1) A person shall be an excepted student if–
(a) at the date referred to in regulation 6(a) he is settled in the United Kingdom; and
(b) he neither had the right of abode in the United Kingdom nor was settled there at, or at a time before, the beginning of the 3 year period so referred to.
(2) References in this paragraph to a person having a right of abode in the United Kingdom or being settled there have the same meanings respectively as in the Immigration Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/93/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-scotland-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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