Martyn’s Law

The government has unveiled information about the Protect Duty, which will now be known as "Martyn's Law" in honour of Martyn Hett, who died alongside 21 other people in the terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena in 2017.  The new duty will require venues including educational establishments to take actions to increase public safety.

Martyn’s Law will extend to and apply across the whole of the United Kingdom and the government will publish draft legislation to ensure the law stands the test of time.

To help organisations understand what the law will do, and how the law will be managed, the Homeland Security Group has published a factsheet.

Please click HERE for the factsheet.

How you can prepare

Consider what you and your colleagues can do to make it harder for a would-be terrorist to carry out a successful attack by:

• Being alert to suspicious behaviour and activity in and around your site, such as people loitering or displaying an unusual level of interest in asking questions, filming or photographing
• Assessing the possible vulnerabilities of your site to various attack methods, and taking suitable measures to mitigate the risks
• Being security-minded in your communications, particularly online
• Encouraging and enabling a security culture at your event and in the workplace, ensuring that any concerns can easily be reported and will be acted upon
• Consider how you and your staff would respond to an incident occurring inside, outside, or near to your building or site