Amendment of the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997
3.—(1) The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) At the end of regulation 6 (relevant connection with the United Kingdom and Islands) there shall be added–
“; and
(c)at the date referred to in paragraph (a) he is settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971(1).”.
(3) For paragraph (c) of regulation 9 (relevant connection with Scotland) there shall be substituted–
“(c)at the date referred to in paragraph (a) he is settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 and, if not a British Citizen, enjoys in the United Kingdom the status of a Commonwealth Citizen.”.
(4) At the end of regulation 12 (relevant connection with England) there shall be added–
“; and
(c)at the date referred to in paragraph (a) he is settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971.”.
(5) In Schedule 1 (fees-excepted students) paragraph 4 shall be omitted.
1971 c. 77; amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), section 39 and Schedule 4, the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10 and the Schedule and the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23), sections 10 to 12.