Paragraph 18 I1
Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), a person—
who is—
settled in the United Kingdom, or
a British citizen who—
was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory or, prior to 8th November 1965, in those islands designated as the British Indian Ocean Territory on that date, or
is a direct descendant of a person who was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory or, prior to 8th November 1965, in those islands designated as the British Indian Ocean Territory on that date,
who is attending or undertaking a course in England,
who has been ordinarily resident in the specified British overseas territories for at least part of the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course,
who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course,
who did not move to England from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking the current course or a course which, disregarding any intervening vacations, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the current course, and
subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
Paragraph (f) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c).
For the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-paragraph (1), a person mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) of sub-paragraph (1) is treated as being ordinarily resident in the specified British overseas territories in any period before the first day of the first course year of the course in which they are not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or the Islands.
Paragraphs (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph (1) do not apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) of that sub-paragraph.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 18 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)