Paragraph 6A EU nationalsF1F2
Northern Ireland
A person with protected rights—
who is—
an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course;
a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); or
a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland;
who is undertaking the course in Northern Ireland;
who 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; and
subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland 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.
Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland in accordance with paragraph 1(3).
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. 6A-6F 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), 10(2)