# The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Paragraph 2A


(1) A person who—
(a) is a United Kingdom national or an Irish citizen on the course start date , and does not fall within paragraph 2B of this Schedule;
(b) is attending or undertaking a designated course in Northern Ireland;
(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, EEA and Switzerland (the relevant territory) throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the relevant territory has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the relevant territory in accordance with paragraph 1(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/306/schedule/paragraph/2A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-student-support-eligibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-2A
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