The Individual Learning Accounts Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Meaning of eligible person

4.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations a person is an eligible person if he satisfies the conditions contained in paragraphs (2) to (4) at the date of registration.

(2) The first condition is that the person has attained the age of 18.

(3) The second condition is that the person—

(a) is settled in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971(1);

(b) is a refugee, ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom who has not ceased to be so resident since he was recognised as a refugee, or who is the spouse, child, or stepchild of such a refugee;

(c) is a person who—

(i) has been informed by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although he is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow him to remain in the United Kingdom;

(ii) has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly, and

(iii) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom throughout the period since he was granted leave to enter or remain,

or who is the spouse, child or stepchild of such a person; or

(d) is a person not falling within paragraphs (a) to (c) but is a national of a member state of the European Economic Area who is working in the United Kingdom, or the spouse, child or stepchild of such a person.

(4) The third condition is that at the time of registration the person was either—

(a) resident in Northern Ireland (temporarily or permanently); or

(b) resident outside the United Kingdom but ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland.

(1)

1971 c. 77; amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), section 39 and Schedule 4, by the Immigration Act 1998 (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