Answer four questions to receive a personalised readiness report showing your tier, your duties and your priority actions. Free, instant and specific to your premises.
New to the Act? Read our complete Martyn's Law guide first.
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025. Commencement is expected from 2027, with a statutory minimum 24-month implementation period before requirements take effect. No fixed commencement date has been set.
Martyn's Law applies to premises used for one of the purposes listed in Schedule 1 of the Act, such as education, childcare, worship, health care, leisure, retail and public authorities, where 200 or more people can reasonably be expected at the same time. Choose the one that best describes how your building is mainly used.
Use your busiest predictable time, not an average day, and include everyone: staff, visitors and contractors. For a school, that means pupils, staff and visitors on site together, for example during a parents' evening or a performance.
Not sure? Start from real figures: your roll plus staff, sign-in records or event numbers. Your fire risk assessment occupancy is a ceiling, not the answer, and can overstate your tier. Record how you reached the figure, because you will need it when you notify the SIA.
Select all that apply. Be honest — this assessment is only useful if it reflects your actual current position.
Select all that currently exist. The Act does not require any of these at Standard Tier, and they do not count towards a Standard Tier readiness score. We ask because existing systems can make your procedures work faster, for example locking doors or alerting the whole site.