# The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 10: EC nationals

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A person who—
(a) is an EC national other than a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first academic year of the course;
(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 immediately 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 prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).
(2) Where a state accedes to the European Community after the first day of the first academic year of the course and a person is a national of that state, the requirement in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to be an EC national other than a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first academic year of the course is treated as being satisfied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/529/schedule/1/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-10
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