“SCHEDULE 3
MAINTENANCE AWARDS—EXCEPTED CANDIDATES
1 In this Schedule “the relevant territory” means the territory comprising the European Community and (as regards any period prior to their accession to that Community) the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic.
2 It shall not be lawful in pursuance of regulation 10, 13(1)(a), or 16 to adopt rules of eligibility for maintenance awards which exclude from eligibility a person who is an excepted candidate within the meaning of this schedule.
3 A person shall be an excepted candidate if—
(a) he is eligible for a maintenance award by virtue of Article 7(2) or (3) or Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68on freedom of movement for workers within the Community3, and
(b) he would have a relevant connection with the European Community or the relevant territory for the purposes of Part III, Part IV or, as the case may be, Part V had any reference in regulation 9, in regulation 12, or in regulation 15 to the United Kingdom and Islands or to England and Wales been a reference to the European Community or the relevant territory, and had sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 15 been omitted.
4 Subject to paragraph 6, a refugee ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands who has not ceased to be so ordinarily resident since he was recognised as a refugee or was granted asylum, and the spouse or son or daughter of such a refugee, shall be an excepted candidate.
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph 6, a person shall be an excepted candidate—
(a)
(a) for the purposes of Part III, if he has not the relevant connection with the United Kingdom and Islands mentioned in regulation 9,
(b...
