Propose a change

The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

2 Provisions of the 2023 Act coming into force on 1st September 2026

(1) The following provisions of the 2023 Act come into force on 1st September 2026. (2) Section 8 (complaints scheme), except so far as it— (a) inserts paragraphs 1(2)(b) and 3 of Schedule 6A (students’ union free speech complaints) into the 2017 Act or relates to a students’ union free speech complaint; or (b) relates to a HEP free speech complaint made by a person in their capacity as an eligible person by virtue of— (i) being or having been a student of a registered higher education provider or constituent institution; or (ii) being a member of a registered higher education provider or constituent institution solely by reason of being a student of that provider or constituent institution. (3) Section 11 (minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (4) of this regulation. (4) The following provisions of the Schedule (minor and consequential amendments), so far as they relate to the provision brought into force by paragraph (2) of this regulation— (a) paragraph 1; (b) paragraphs 5 and 6; (c) paragraph 7(1) to (3), (5)(a) and (6); (d) paragraph 13(1), (2), (3)(a)(ii) and (4); and (e) paragraph 19.

Your change, as a redline

2 Provisions of the 2023 Act coming into force on 1st September 2026

(1) The following provisions of the 2023 Act come into force on 1st September 2026. (2) Section 8 (complaints scheme), except so far as it— (a) inserts paragraphs 1(2)(b) and 3 of Schedule 6A (students’ union free speech complaints) into the 2017 Act or relates to a students’ union free speech complaint; or (b) relates to a HEP free speech complaint made by a person in their capacity as an eligible person by virtue of— (i) being or having been a student of a registered higher education provider or constituent institution; or (ii) being a member of a registered higher education provider or constituent institution solely by reason of being a student of that provider or constituent institution. (3) Section 11 (minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (4) of this regulation. (4) The following provisions of the Schedule (minor and consequential amendments), so far as they relate to the provision brought into force by paragraph (2) of this regulation— (a) paragraph 1; (b) paragraphs 5 and 6; (c) paragraph 7(1) to (3), (5)(a) and (6); (d) paragraph 13(1), (2), (3)(a)(ii) and (4); and (e) paragraph 19.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds