Paragraph 18 Persons who are children of asylum seekers and young asylum seekersI1

Scotland

(1)

A student is an excepted student if that student—

(a)

is the child of an asylum seeker or is a young asylum seeker,

(b)

is resident in Scotland on the relevant date, F1and

(c)

was under 18 years old on the date when the application for asylum was made, F2...

F3(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

In this paragraph—

“child of an asylum seeker” means a person who is the child of an asylum seeker as defined in section 18 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002^f1, and
“young asylum seeker” means an unaccompanied asylum-seeker who is under the age of 18.

Annotations

F1: Word in sch. 1 para. 18(1)(b) inserted (1.8.2023) by The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/142), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(i)
F2: Words in sch. 1 para. 18(1)(c) omitted (1.8.2023) by virtue of The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/142), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(ii)
F3: Sch. 1 para. 18(1)(d) omitted (1.8.2023) by virtue of The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/142), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(iii)