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  "legislation_title": "The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(1) A person who is an excepted candidate within the meaning of Schedule 2 shall be an excepted candidate within the meaning of this Schedule.\n(2) Subject to paragraph 4, a person who–\n(a) is a national of a member state of the European Community; or\n(b) is the child of such a national\nshall be an excepted candidate if he satisfies the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are that–\n(a) he has been ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area throughout the 3 year period immediately preceding 1st September, 1st January or 1st April closest to the beginning of the first term of his intended course; and\n(b) his residence there during any part of that 3 year period has not been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.",
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