The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, known as Martyn’s Law, will improve protective security and organisational preparedness across the UK by requiring, for the first time, that those responsible for certain premises and events consider the terrorist risk and how they would respond to an attack. In addition to this, certain larger premises and events must also take steps to reduce the vulnerability of the premises to terrorist attacks.
Through the bill, qualifying premises and events should be better prepared and protected, ready to respond in the event of a terrorist attack.
The bill has been designed to bolster the UK’s preparedness for, and protection from, terrorism. Those responsible for certain premises or events will be required to implement reasonably practicable public protection procedures and/or measures, depending on the capacity of the premise. Premises that are reasonably expected to have 200-799 individuals on the premises at the same time will fall within the standard tier and where it is reasonably expected to have 800 individuals or more will fall in the enhanced tier.
Events that are reasonably expected to have 800 or more individuals in attendance at the same time, at some point during the duration of the event, will also be captured under the bill and subject to the same enhanced tier requirements. The requirements of the bill will ensure qualifying premises and events are better prepared to respond to, and mitigate the impact of, a terrorist attack.
The Decision Support Centre will support your premises or event
Through the National Events Database we will create a comprehensive database of premises and events detailing, who, what, where and when. Database members will benefit from enhanced situational awareness and updates on the UK threat picture.
