Draft Your Martyn's Law Procedures in 10 Minutes, and Prove Your Team Knows Them

Martyn's Law is the common name for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. It requires UK venues with a capacity of 200 or more to have Public Protection Procedures in place: plans for evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, and communicating with staff and the public during an incident. It's named after Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017.

The Standard Tier covers venues with 200–799 capacity. The Enhanced Tier (800+) has additional requirements including physical security measures.

If your venue regularly has 200 or more people on the premises at the same time, including staff, then yes. The 17 qualifying uses include pubs, restaurants, music venues, theatres, community halls, places of worship, shops, hotels, and more.

Capacity is based on the greatest number of people reasonably expected at the same time, not your fire-safety maximum. If you're unsure, the government has published six approved methods for working it out.

The Act received Royal Assent in April 2025. The government committed to a minimum 24-month preparation period, so enforcement is expected from Spring 2027 at the earliest.

The Home Office published its statutory guidance in April 2026, so what you need to do is settled. We'd recommend having your procedures in place well before enforcement starts.

PPP stands for Public Protection Procedures. It's a document setting out how your venue would respond to a security incident, covering evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, and communication.

Standard Tier doesn't legally require a written document, but having one is the simplest way to show an inspector what your procedures are and how your staff and volunteers were briefed. That's what this tool generates for you.

No. The government has been clear that Standard Tier compliance does not require hiring security consultants or purchasing specialist equipment. The guidance is designed to be straightforward.

The requirements focus on practical procedures and staff awareness. Things any venue manager can put in place. That's exactly what this tool helps you do, typically for a fraction of the cost of hiring a consultant.

No, and neither is any other provider. The Home Office, the Security Industry Authority, and the National Counter Terrorism Security Office don't endorse any third-party product for compliance with Martyn's Law, so no tool can truthfully call itself official, approved, or government-backed.

That comes straight from the Home Office's Martyn's Law myth buster. Standard Tier is an independent tool: we've turned the official guidance into a set of questions, a finished procedures document, and training for your staff and volunteers. Responsibility under the Act stays with you.

After generating your PPP, you get a unique QR code for your venue. Staff scan it on their phones to access a short training module: a video on recognising threats, a quiz, then a read-through of your venue-specific PPP followed by a final quiz.

Completions are tracked automatically so you always have an audit trail. Managers can see exactly who has completed training and when, directly from their dashboard.

The SIA has said it will take a 'support first' approach, advising and guiding before reaching for penalties. But for venues that don't comply, fines go up to £10,000, with daily penalties of up to £500 for ongoing breaches.

Venue managers and operators can be held personally liable. The figures come from the Home Office standard duty requirements factsheet.