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Paragraph 2 ResidenceI1

Scotland

(1)

It is a condition of eligibility that a child must—

(a)

have been resident in the British Islands throughout the period of two years immediately preceding the relevant date;

(F1F2b)

be a person with protected rights who—

(i)

is resident in the British Islands on the relevant date; or

(ii)

is a family member (within the meaning of the residence scheme immigration rules) of a frontier worker;

(bza)

be a frontier worker;

(ba)

be an Irish national or a United Kingdom national who has been resident in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland throughout the period of two years immediately preceding the relevant date;

(bb)

be a person who—

(i)

has made a relevant application to the United Kingdom Home Office where that relevant application is still being considered; or

(ii)

has been granted leave to enter or remain following a relevant application; and

is resident in the United Kingdom;

(c)

be a refugee or the child of a refugee who has not been resident outside the British Islands since the child or, as the case may be, the child’s parent was recognised as a refugee or granted leave to enter or remain in the British Islands as a refugee.

(2)

A child is to be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1)(a) F3F4... and (1)(ba) as having been resident in the British Islands or, as the case may be, in F5the Republic of Ireland if the school is satisfied that the child would have been so resident but for the fact that the child’s parent is or was temporarily employed outside the British Islands or, as the case may be, the Republic of Ireland during any part of the period mentioned in those sub-paragraphs.

F6(3)

In sub-paragraph (1)(bb), a “relevant application” is an application to—

(a)

the Ukraine Family Scheme;

(b)

the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme;

(c)

the Ukraine Extension Scheme; or

(d)

the United Kingdom Home Office for leave outside the immigration rules, as defined in section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971, where the person—

(i)

was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022, and

(ii)

left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022;

by a person who is eligible to apply for that scheme.

F7(4)

In this paragraph—

  • “EEA EFTA separation agreement” and “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” have the meanings given by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;

  • “frontier worker” has the meaning given by regulation 3 (meaning of frontier worker) of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

  • “person with protected rights” means a person who—

    1. (a)

      (i) has made an application under the residence scheme immigration rules where that application is still being considered;

      1. (ii)

        has been granted leave to enter or remain following such an application; or

      2. (iii)

        otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of Article 18(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the EU withdrawal agreement, Article 17(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement, or Article 16(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement;

    2. (b)

      is an Irish national who, pursuant to section 3ZA (Irish citizens) of the Immigration Act 1971, does not require leave to enter or remain in the UK;

  • “residence scheme immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 17(1) (Interpretation: Part 3) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b)-(bb) substituted for sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) (1.8.2022) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/173), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F2

Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b)-(ba) substituted for sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b)(ba) (10.2.2023) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/377), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)

F3

Words in sch. 1 para. 2(2) substituted (1.8.2022) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/173), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

F4

Word in sch. 1 para. 2(2) omitted (10.2.2023) by virtue of The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/377), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(i)

F5

Words in sch. 1 para. 2(2) substituted (10.2.2023) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/377), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)(ii)

F6

Sch. 1 para. 2(3) inserted (1.8.2022) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/173), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)

F7

Sch. 1 para. 2(4) inserted (10.2.2023) by The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/377), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1