Martyn’s Law (Protect Duty)

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill, also known as Martyn’s Law, means that venues in Walsall must take action to prevent terrorist attacks.

The government is proposing to introduce new legislation to:

• enhance the protection of publicly accessible places
• ensure that businesses and organisations are prepared to deal with incidents

It means that security preparedness will be delivered consistently across the UK.

You can find all the latest information, including how it will work and who is in scope in the Martyn’s Law factsheet.

How Martyn’s Law will affect your business or organisation

Venues within Walsall Borough must take steps to improve public safety. These steps will depend upon the size of the venue and the activity taking place.

Find out more about:

• requirements for standard duty premises
• requirements for enhanced duty premises and qualifying events

How you can prepare

Any location that’s publicly accessible could be a target. As owners and operators, it’s your responsibility to understand the risks to your premises. You should think about what you can do to mitigate these risks. You can do this by:

• understanding the terrorist threat (motivations, targets and methodology)
• understanding how and why your site / organisation might be affected by an attack
• planning what you will do if there’s an attack on or near your premises

There's free advice and guidance to help you understand protective security and improve your response to the risk of terrorism on the ProtectUK website.

Access free training

You can also access free training: 

• ACT Awareness e-Learning will teach you about the best practices to help counter terrorism and increase your security awareness
• See, Check and Notify (SCaN) aims to help you maximise safety and security using your existing resources