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Martyn’s Law to have its first reading in Parliament today

Published: by Partner, Graeme Cushion

This follows the Labour Government’s commitment to introduce a Protect Duty for publicly accessible premises and events

Following on from previous enews concerning the highly likely arrival of Martyn’s Law – more formally the Terrorism (Protection of Premises Bill), we can now report that the bill is to have its first reading in Parliament today.

Assuming a relatively smooth passage, the likelihood is that this becomes law in the first quarter of next year, albeit with a further anticipated 18-24 months to secure compliance.

Readers will recall that the proposed legislation requires qualifying premises or events to take steps to minimise the threat of terrorist attacks.

We understand that the “standard tier” duties will now be proposed to apply to premises with a capacity of 200 or more, rather than 100 as originally envisaged.

We also understand that the likely regulator will be the Security Industry Authority.

We will report further when additional details emerge…

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Paula Kioko joined Poppleston Allen in June 2022 as the marketing assistant for her sandwich year placement. In January 2024 she became the marketing associate.

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