The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Amendment of the principal Regulations

9.—(1) Schedule 1 (Eligible students) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) After the definition of “Switzerland Agreement” in paragraph 1(1), there shall be inserted—

““Turkish worker” means a Turkish national who—

(a)

is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands; and

(b)

is, or has been, lawfully employed in the United Kingdom;”.

(3) For paragraph 1(3), there shall be substituted—

“(3) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands, the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland or the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey if he would have been so resident but for the fact that—

(a) he;

(b) his spouse or civil partner;

(c) his parent; or

(d) in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, his child or child’s spouse or civil partner,

is or was temporarily employed outside the relevant area.”

(4) For paragraph 1(4), there shall be substituted—

“(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), temporary employment outside the United Kingdom and Islands, the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland or the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey includes—

(a) in the case of members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, any period which they serve outside the United Kingdom and Islands as members of such forces;

(b) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of an EEA State or Switzerland, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland as members of such forces; and

(c) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of Turkey, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey as members of such forces.”.

(5) After paragraph 10, there shall be inserted—

“Children of Turkish workers

11.   A person who—

(a) is the child of a Turkish worker; and

(b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.”.