The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

3.— [F1 (1)]  A person who—

[F2 (a) meets one of the following conditions on the first day of an academic year of the course—

(i) the person is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions and is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules;

(ii) the person—

(aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions;

(bb) is an Irish citizen settled in the United Kingdom who pursuant to section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971, does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

(cc) would meet the eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules if that person were to make an application for such leave;

(iii) the person—

(aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions;

(bb) is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations [F3 or otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in paragraph (3)]; and

(cc) has, or is treated as having, a right of permanent residence for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, as those Regulations continue to have effect by virtue of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations in relation to that person during the relevant period [F4 or otherwise has a deemed right of permanent residence by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions specified in sub-paragraph (3)]; or

(iv) the person is a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland for the purposes of residence scheme immigration rules, where that family member is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules;]

(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 preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

(d) in a case where his 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 [F5 the United Kingdom,] the [F6 European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories] immediately before the period of residence referred to in paragraph (c).

[F7 (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii)(cc), “eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules” means the eligibility requirements for such leave in accordance with paragraph EU11 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules F8 ....]

[F9 (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii), the citizens’ rights provisions referred to are—

(a) Article 18(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the EU withdrawal agreement;

(b) Article 17(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement (as defined in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020); or

(c) Article 16(3) (issuance of residence documents) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement.]

[F10 (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), an Irish citizen is not required to be living in the United Kingdom on IP completion day.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 3 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a)-(d) (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/85), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/85), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(b)

F3 Words in Sch. para. 3(1)(a)(iii)(bb) inserted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 32(b)(i)

F4 Words in Sch. para. 3(1)(a)(iii)(cc) inserted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 32(b)(ii)

F5 Words in Sch. para. 3(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/295), regs. 1(3), 14(b)(i)

F6 Words in Sch. para. 3(d) substituted (28.9.2007) by The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/375), regs. 1, 3(3)

F7 Sch. 1 para. 3(2) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/85), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(c)

F8 Words in Sch. para. 3(2) omitted (26.2.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 21(3)

F9 Sch. para. 3(3) inserted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 32(b)(iii)

F10 Sch. para. 3(3) inserted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 61(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 3 in operation at 1.9.2007, see reg. 1