# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 24: Long residence

Extent: E+W

(1) A person—
(a) who on the first day of the first course year of the course either—
(i) is under the age of 18 and has lived in the United Kingdom throughout the seven-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, or
(ii) is aged 18 or above and, preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, has lived in the United Kingdom throughout either—
(aa) half their life, or
(bb) a period of at least twenty years,
whichever is shorter;
(b) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course,
(c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and
(d) subject to paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands 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.
(2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/schedule/2/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-24
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