{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/156",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-scotland-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Relevant connection with Scotland",
  "text": "For the purposes of regulation 4(1) (charging of higher relevant fees), a student has a relevant connection with Scotland if that student on the relevant date—\n(a) is ordinarily resident in Scotland,\n(b) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom throughout the period of 3 years immediately preceding the relevant date, and\n(c) is—\n(i) settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning given by section 33(2A) (Interpretation) of the Immigration Act 1971,\n(ii) a person (other than a person who has applied for refugee status) who has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that they have been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and whose leave has not expired, or\n(iii) the spouse, civil partner or child of a person described in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(c)(ii)(iii) substituted for reg. 3(c)(ii)-(v) (1.8.2023) by The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/142), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.8.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/156/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:50:05.697804+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."
}