Paragraph 4 Ordinary residence for specified period: residence requirements for students born in the relevant areaI1

one or more parent has been ordinarily resident in the relevant area throughout the specified period and that student is not an independent student, or

that student has been ordinarily resident in the relevant area for at least one year of the specified period and, in the case of those qualifying by virtue of regulation 3 (relevant connection with Scotland) or paragraph 1 (EU nationals etc. with protected rights) of schedule 1, no part of that residence was wholly or mainly for the purposes of receiving full time education.

is aged 25,

is married or in a civil partnership,

has no parent living,

had the care of a person under the age of 18 who was wholly or mainly financially dependent upon them, or

has been self-supporting out of their earnings for periods aggregating not less than 3 years.

was participating in arrangements for training for the unemployed under any scheme operated, sponsored or funded by any state authority or agency, national, regional or local,

was in receipt of benefit payable by any state authority or agency, national, regional or local, in respect of a person who is available for employment but who is unemployed,

was available for employment and had complied with any requirement of registration imposed by a body referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) as a condition of entitlement for participation in arrangements for training or receipt of benefit,

received any pension, allowance or other benefit paid by reason of a disability to which that student is subject, or by reason of confinement, injury or sickness, paid by any state authority or agency, national, regional or local, by an employer or any former employer or by any other person, or

held an advance postgraduate or other comparable award.