{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-student-support-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-student-support-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Education (Student Loans for Tuition Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Education (Student Loans for Tuition Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (4)(b)(i), for “that person is not an independent student”, substitute “the person who is undertaking a course of education is not an independent student”;\n(b) at the beginning of paragraph (4)(b)(ii), insert “the”; and\n(c) in paragraph (9)(a), for “paragraph 2(4)(b)” substitute “paragraph (4)(b)”.\n(3) In regulation 3(3) (eligible students), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the preceding “or”.\n(4) In regulation 4(1)(b) (designated courses), omit from “except” to “degree,”.\n(5) After paragraph 6B of schedule 1 (eligible students), insert—\n“6C A person who—\n(a) (i) is an Afghan national who has been granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme operated by the Home Department;\n(ii) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands at all times since that person was first granted such limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and\n(iii) is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; or\n(b) is the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of a person of the kind described in sub-paragraph (a) and who is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course.\n6D A person who—\n(a) (i) has been granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person under the immigration rules operated by the Home Department;\n(ii) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands at all times since that person was first granted such limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and\n(iii) is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; or\n(b) is the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of a person of the kind described in sub-paragraph (a) and who is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the first day of the first academic year of the course.”.\n(6) In schedule 2 (designated courses), omit paragraphs 8 and 9.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2006/333, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2007/158, S.S.I. 2007/503, S.S.I. 2009/188, S.S.I. 2009/189, S.S.I. 2009/309, S.S.I. 2010/300, S.S.I. 2012/72, S.S.I. 2013/80, S.S.I. 2015/212, S.S.I. 2016/82, S.S.I. 2017/180 and S.I. 2010/1010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The current Home Office guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-locally-employed-staff-ex-gratia-scheme/afghanistan-locally-employed-staff-ex-gratia-scheme-further-information-on-eligibility-criteria-and-offer-details."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/171/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:33.204207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}