Free Speech in UK Law
-
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
... ... (4) Each of the following is a “relevant complaints scheme”— ... (a) (a) the scheme provided by virtue of Schedule 6A (the free speech complaints scheme), and ... (b) (b) the scheme for the review of qualifying complaints (within the meaning of section 12 of the Higher ... ...
-
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011
... ... amounting to domestic abuse“(1) Every individual has a right to be free from harassment and, accordingly, a person must not engage in conduct ... behaviour on one or more than one occasion; and(b) includes—(i) speech; and(ii) presence in any place or area; and“harassment” of a person ... ...
-
Elections Act 2022
... ... or to refrain from voting, or(b) otherwise impeding or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of an elector or of a proxy for an elector.(3) A ... consists of or includes(a) text or moving or still images, or(b) speech or music ... (3) In this Part electronic material does not include ... ...
-
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
... ... not be regarded as in reasonable repair unless it is substantially free from rising or penetrating damp ... 63: Approval of scheme by Secretary ... of this Part a person is disabled if—(a) his sight, hearing or speech is substantially impaired,(b) he has a mental disorder or impairment of ... ...
- Data Protection Act 1998
-
Bill of Rights Act 1688
... ... Letters and Elections, being now assembled in a full and free Representative of this Nation, taking ... into their most serious ... 9. That the Freedom of Speech, and Debates or Proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached ... ...
-
Broadcasting Act 1996
... ... (2) , it shall be the duty of each supplier to provide the holder, free of charge, with such programmes in Gaelic which have been broadcast by the ... relevant programme, or of any specified part of it, as consisted of speech, if and so far as the relevant person is able to do so;(d) to provide ... ...
-
Broadcasting Act 1990
... ... (6AD) In relation to a newspaper which is distributed free of charge (rather than sold) , references in this section to the number of ... relevant programme, or of any specified part of it, as consisted of speech, if and so far as the relevant person is able to do so;(d) to provide the ... ...
-
Communications Act 2003
... ... (6) In this section “signal” includes—(a) anything comprising speech, music, sounds, visual images or communications or data of any ... of services to disabled end-users;(d) require the provision, free of charge, of specified information, or information of a specified kind, ... ...
-
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
... ... (4) “Conduct” includes speech ... (5) References to a person, in the context of the harassment of a ... 8: Harassment ... (1) Every individual has a right to be free from harassment and, accordingly, a person must not pursue a course of ... ...
See all results