Paragraph 3 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
(1)
A person who—
(a)
is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of having acquired the right of permanent residence;
(b)
is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course;
(c)
has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(d)
in a case where his ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).