Office for Students
Consultation

Consultation on the OfS’s new free speech complaints scheme

Published 14 December 2023

Proposal O: Charges, costs and fees

(section O of the scheme rules)

  1. Under our proposed rules, we will not charge any fee to the complainant for reviewing their free speech complaint. This reflects provisions in the Act.
  2. Under the Act, we may recover costs from respondents in relation to our review of a complaint where we find that complaint justified or partly justified. We expect to set out proposals in relation to that matter, in a future consultation.

  1. The Act states that the scheme must be free to complainants.58

[58] HERA Sch. 6A 9.

Questions:

Question O: Do you have any comments on Proposal O regarding charges, costs and fees?

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Published 14 December 2023
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