8. A person shall be an excepted student if that person–
(a)is a non UK EC national or the child of such a national;
(b)is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the date referred to in regulation 5(a);
(c)has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the 3 year period preceding that date; and
(d)in the case where their 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 and Switzerland immediately prior to the period of residence referred to in paragraph (c).