Paragraph 24 EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the IslandsI1

is an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

in a case where the 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 United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).