1.—(1) A person who on the first day of the course—
(a)is settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971(1), and
(b)meets the residence conditions referred to in paragraph 7.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply if—
(a)the first day of the person’s course was before 1st August 1997, or
(b)before 1st August 1997 the person commenced attending a course in respect of which he was eligible for a loan, and
(i)disregarding any intervening vacation immediately after ceasing to attend that course commenced attending his present course, or
(ii)in like fashion commenced attending another course or courses one after the other in respect of each of which he was eligible for a loan, until in like fashion he commenced attending his present course.
1971 c. 77; amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), section 39 and Schedule 4, by the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10 and the Schedule, and by the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23) sections 10 to 12.