Part 2: Functions of the Office for Students Section 9: Overseas funding Section 69E: Overseas funding: students’ unions
This section requires the OfS to monitor the overseas funding of students’ unions at a registered higher education provider that is eligible for financial support for the purposes of section 39, so that it can assess the risk which the funding poses to freedom of speech for their members, students, staff etc. The OfS must also consider whether such funding is relevant to a breach of section A5.
	Students’ unions must provide information on relevant funding to the OfS. Relevant funding is funding from a relevant overseas person where that exceeds a threshold (to be set in regulations) in a period of 12 months. A relevant overseas person includes a government of an overseas country, a body headquartered in such a country, or a politically exposed person (as defined) in relation to such a country. The overseas country concerned excludes countries that will be prescribed in regulations.
	If a students’ union fails to comply with its duty, the OfS may seek an injunction.