{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-freedom-of-speech-act-2023/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/16",
  "legislation_title": "Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-freedom-of-speech-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 2 (general duties of the OfS) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (4), after “providers” insert “and the academic freedom of academic staff at such providers”.\n(3) After subsection (7) insert—\n“(7A) Guidance given by the Secretary of State to the OfS which relates to students’ unions must apply to students’ unions generally or to a description of them.”\n(4) In subsection (8)—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”;\n(b) in paragraph (b), omit the final “and”;\n(c) omit paragraph (c).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 13(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2(1) in force at 1.8.2025 for specified purposes by S.I. 2025/528, reg. 2(f)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2(2) in force at 1.8.2025 by S.I. 2025/528, reg. 2(f)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2(4) in force at 1.8.2025 by S.I. 2025/528, reg. 2(f)(iv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/16/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:07.760074+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}