Regulation 9 Amendments to principal Regulations

for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(b)

(i)

he is entitled to equality of treatment in relation to the payment of an allowance for the course in respect of which he seeks the allowance by virtue of Article 7 or 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community^f1; and

(ii)

he has been ordinarily resident throughout the period of 3 years immediately preceding the relevant date in the European Community, provided that the Secretary of State is satisfied that he has not been so resident for any part of that period wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education; or”;

paragraph (c) shall be deleted; and

in paragraph (e) the words “(the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic being deemed for the purposes of this paragraph to have been member states of the European Community from 1st September 1983)” shall be deleted.