2022 No. 377
The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 19801 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 10 February 2023.
Amendment of the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 20152
1
The St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Regulations 20152 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
a
omit the definitions of “EEA State” and “European Economic Area”,
b
in the definition of “resident”, after “means” insert “(in relation to residence in the United Kingdom for the purposes of paragraph 2(1)(a) of Part 1 of schedule 1 only)”
.
3
In paragraph 2 of schedule 1 (scheme for aided places at St Mary’s Music School - residence)—
a
for sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (ba) substitute—
b
be a person with protected rights who—
i
is resident in the British Islands on the relevant date; or
ii
is a family member (within the meaning of the residence scheme immigration rules)3 of a frontier worker;
bza
be a frontier worker;
ba
be an Irish national or a United Kingdom national who has been resident in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland throughout the period of two years immediately preceding the relevant date;
b
in sub-paragraph (2)—
i
omit “, (1)(b)”,
ii
for “the European Economic Area”, in each place it occurs, substitute “the Republic of Ireland”
,
c
after sub-paragraph (3)4 insert—
4
In this paragraph—
“EEA EFTA separation agreement” and “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” have the meanings given by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 20205;
“frontier worker” has the meaning given by regulation 3 (meaning of frontier worker) of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 20206;
“person with protected rights” means a person who—
- a
(i) has made an application under the residence scheme immigration rules where that application is still being considered;
- i
has been granted leave to enter or remain following such an application; or
- ii
otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of Article 18(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the EU withdrawal agreement, Article 17(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement, or Article 16(1)(b) or (d) or (2) (issuance of residence documents) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement;
- b
is an Irish national who, pursuant to section 3ZA (Irish citizens) of the Immigration Act 19717, does not require leave to enter or remain in the UK;
“residence scheme immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 17(1) (Interpretation: Part 3) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)