Regulation 6 Amendment of Student Loans Regulations

The Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “borrower” insert–

• ““child of such a national” includes in relation to that national a step child, a child in his or her guardianship, a child for whom he or she has parental responsibility and a child in his or her care;”.

In Schedule 1 (eligible students) after paragraph 6 insert–

“6A.

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 first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(c)

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