Regulation 6 Amendment of the Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 2007

The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 2007^f1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

In Schedule 1 (persons eligible for bursaries) after paragraph 6A insert—

“6B.

A person who—

(a)

(i)

is a Syrian national who has been granted humanitarian protection to enter the United Kingdom under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme operated by the Home Department;

(ii)

has been ordinarily resident in the British Islands at all times since that person was first granted such humanitarian protection to enter the United Kingdom; and

(iii)

is ordinarily resident in the area of the education authority on the qualifying day, or seeks a bursary in respect of a course of study at an educational establishment in the area of the education authority; or

(b)

is the spouse, civil partner or child of a person of the kind described in sub-paragraph (a) and who meets a residence requirement specified in sub-paragraph (a)(iii).”.