# The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Wales) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 10: EU nationals

Extent: E+W

(1) A person who—
(a) is an EU national other than a United Kingdom 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 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 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 other than a United Kingdom 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/2011/691/schedule/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-wales-regulations-2011/schedule/paragraph-10
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