the relevant territorymeans 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. 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community, 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