Regulation 2 Provisions coming into force on 1st August 2025

The following provisions of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 come into force on 1st August 2025—

(a)

section 1 (duties of registered higher education providers);

(b)

section 2 (duties of constituent institutions);

(c)

section 3 (duties of students’ unions) insofar as it inserts the definition of “students’ union” in a new section A5(6) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017^f1;

(d)

section 5 (general functions);

(e)

section 11 (minor and consequential amendments) insofar as it relates to the provisions in paragraphs (f) to (h);

(f)

in Part 1 (Higher Education and Research Act 2017) of the Schedule (minor and consequential amendments)—

(i)

paragraph 1 insofar as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (viii);

(ii)

paragraph 2(1) insofar as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv);

(iii)

paragraph 2(2);

(iv)

paragraph 2(4);

(v)

paragraph 3;

(vi)

paragraph 4;

(vii)

paragraph 8;

(viii)

paragraph 10;

(g)

Part 2 (the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015) of the Schedule; and

(h)

in Part 3 (other Acts) of the Schedule, paragraph 18.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2017 c. 29.