Paragraph 2ZA Category 2ZA - Protected persons and their family membersF1
A person—
granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person,
who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave, and
who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
A person who—
is a protected spouse or civil partner,
on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules or as a stateless person under the immigration rules),
is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and
is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
A person who—
is a protected child,
on the leave application date was—
under 18 years old, and
was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person, or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person on that date (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, stateless leave under the immigration rules or section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the immigration rules, as the case may be),
is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and
is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
In this paragraph—
“leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person,
“person granted humanitarian protection” means a person with extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules,
“person granted stateless leave” means a person with extant leave to remain on the grounds of stateless leave under the immigration rules,
“person with Calais leave” means a person with extant leave to remain under paragraphs 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T of the immigration rules (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave),
“person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” means a person F6who has—
indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom F8granted under paragraph 276BA2 of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom F11granted under paragraph ARAP 6.1 of Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted under paragraph ARAP 6.2 of that Appendix of the immigration rules,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; F16or
indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghanistan Response Route,
“person with section 67 leave to remain” means a person with extant leave to remain under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and in accordance with the immigration rules,
“protected child” means—
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 130
- F2
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b)(iii) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(i)
- F3
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(i)
- F4
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b)(v) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(ii)
- F5
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(b)
- F6
Words in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) substituted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(a)
- F7
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(i) substituted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 14(a)
- F8
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(i) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)
- F9
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ia) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(a)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F10
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ia)(ib) inserted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 14(b)
- F11
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea), (ib) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)
- F12
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ii) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)
- F13
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) omitted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(c)
- F14
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(iii) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)
- F15
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(iv) and word omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(a)(iii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F16
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(v) and word inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(d)
- F17
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(i)(ab) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(b)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F18
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(i)(ad) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(b)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F19
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(ii)(aa) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(c)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F20
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(ii)(ac) and word inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(c)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F21
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(i) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F22
Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(ii) subsituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F23
Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(iii) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(iii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))