Paragraph 5A F1F2
A person with protected rights, or a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, who—
is—
an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person;
a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person;
a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii);
an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;
a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or
a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v);
subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.
Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person applying for support falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of sub-paragraph (1).
In this paragraph, a description of a person in sub-paragraph(1)(a)(i) is to be read as if it includes a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would, if that person were an EEA national or solely an EEA national, be an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (vi), an Irish citizen family member is not required to be living in the United Kingdom on IP completion day.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. Pt. 2 para. 3G and heading substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/128), regs. 1(1), 4(a) (with reg. 13)
- F2
Sch. paras. 5A-5F inserted (1.8.2021) by The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/202), regs. 1(1), 9