# The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses and Qualifying Persons) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 24: EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the Islands

Extent: E+W

(1) A person who—
(a) is an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course,
(b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course,
(c) 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
(d) 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).
(2) Where a state accedes to the European Union after the first day of the first academic year of the course and a person is a national of that state, the requirement in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to be an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course is treated as being satisfied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/52/schedule/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-qualifying-courses-and-qualifying-persons-wales-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-24
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