Regulation 5 Amendment of Students' Allowances Regulations

(1)

The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1999^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “European Economic Area” insert–

““Islands” means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (persons eligible for allowances) after paragraph 6 insert–

“6B.

A person who–

(a)

is a national of a member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom or the child of such a national;

(b)

is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant day; and

(c)

has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three year period preceding that day.”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (ordinary residence) in paragraph 2(1)–

(a)

after “Schedule 1,” insert–

““and sub paragraph (3) below, under exception of the words from “and no part of that period of residence” to “full-time education” where they appear in sub paragraph (3)(a)(ii), shall apply in determining, for the purposes of paragraph 6B(b) and (c) of Schedule 1,”; and

(b)

after “period in” insert “Scotland,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/1131, amended by S.S.I. 2001/229, 2004/469 and 2005/217.