Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
Duties to protect freedom of speech
1Duties of registered higher education providers
2Duties of constituent institutions
3Duties of students’ unions
4Civil claims
Functions of the Office for Students
5General functions
6Regulation of duties of registered higher education providers
7Regulation of duties of students’ unions
8Complaints scheme
9Overseas funding
10Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
General
11Minor and consequential amendments
12Extent
13Commencement
14Short title
SCHEDULEMinor and consequential amendments
PART 1Higher Education and Research Act 2017
1The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 is amended as...
2(1) Section 2 (general duties of the OfS) is amended...
3In section 14 (public interest governance condition), omit subsection (7)....
4(1) Section 36 (duty to protect academic freedom) is amended...
5(1) Section 67B (publication of decision to conduct or terminate...
6In section 67C (protection for defamation claims) after subsection (2)...
7(1) Section 73 (costs recovery) is amended as follows.
8In section 74 (grants from Secretary of State), in subsection...
9(1) Section 75 (regulatory framework) is amended as follows.
10In section 77 (Secretary of State directions), in subsection (2),...
11(1) Section 85 (other definitions) is amended as follows.
12(1) Schedule 1 (the Office for Students) is amended as...
13(1) Schedule 7 (costs recovery etc) is amended as follows....
PART 2Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
14The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 is amended as follows....
15(1) Section 31 (freedom of expression in universities etc) is...
16In section 32 (monitoring of performance: further and higher education...
17In Schedule 6 (list of authorities subject to the duty...
PART 3Other Acts
18In section 43 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986...
19In Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Act 2004 (conditions...

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

2023 Chapter 16

An Act to make provision in relation to freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education institutions and in students’ unions; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—