New Clause 8
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]
2:00 pm
Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss
New clause 9—Qualifying period to provide education and health protection—
‘(1) A person under the qualifying period shall be treated as a person settled in the United Kingdom for the purposes of all regulations made under—
(a) the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46);
(b) the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c. 40);
(c) the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I., 1986/594 (N.I. 3));
(d) the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (S.I., 1989/306);
(e) the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30);
(f) the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998;
(g) the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21);
(h) the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8); and
(i) the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I., 2005/1116 (N.I. 5)).
(2) In section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (exclusion from benefits), in subsection (9) after “EEA state”, insert “or a person with probationary citizenship leave”.’.