26. The official determining the application may waive the payment of a fee required under regulation 24 where—
(a)it is made by a candidate for or holder of a scholarship funded by Her Majesty’s Government and is in connection with such scholarship; or
(b)where the official so decides as a matter of international courtesy; or
(c)where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom in connection with one of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Strategic or Bilateral Programmes.