Martyn’s Law Preparation Pack – Editable Templates, Completed Examples & Guidance – FREE Digital Download

Martyn’s Law Preparation Pack – FREE Digital Download

The OpsReady Martyn’s Law Preparation Pack is a practical collection of editable templates, completed examples and guidance designed to help UK businesses, venues and organisations begin preparing for the requirements of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, commonly known as Martyn’s Law.

The Act applies across the UK and introduces duties for certain publicly accessible premises and events. Standard-tier premises are generally those expecting 200–799 people, while enhanced-tier premises can reasonably expect 800 or more people at the same time. The legislation also requires appropriate public protection procedures, including evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication arrangements, so far as is reasonably practicable. GOV.UK

The Security Industry Authority will regulate Martyn’s Law, with commencement currently expected in spring 2027. GOV.UK

This free OpsReady pack is designed to provide a structured starting point for organisations reviewing their preparedness, responsibilities, procedures, staff awareness and record keeping.

What’s Included

🟤 Editable Microsoft Word templates

🟤 Completed example documents using a fictional venue

🟤 Understanding Martyn’s Law guide

🟤 Applicability and readiness checks

🟤 Standard and Enhanced Tier overview

🟤 Responsible Person records

🟤 Premises profile and attendance records

🟤 Evacuation procedure

🟤 Invacuation procedure

🟤 Lockdown procedure

🟤 Emergency communication procedure

🟤 Suspicious item response

🟤 Suspicious behaviour response

🟤 Attack or suspected attack immediate-action guidance

🟤 Staff briefing and training records

🟤 Incident and decision logs

🟤 Site and security review templates

🟤 Terrorism Vulnerability & Preparedness Assessment

🟤 Risk Reduction Action Plan

🟤 Exercises and testing records

🟤 Enhanced Tier preparation documents

🟤 Document-control registers and review records

10 Organised Sections

🟤 00 – Start Here & Martyn’s Law Guidance

🟤 01 – Premises & Responsibility

🟤 02 – Public Protection Procedures

🟤 03 – Staff Awareness & Training

🟤 04 – Communication & Incident Response

🟤 05 – Site & Security Review

🟤 06 – Exercises & Testing

🟤 07 – Enhanced Tier Support

🟤 08 – Document Control & Reference

🟤 09 – Completed Examples

Understanding Martyn’s Law Guide

The pack includes a dedicated guide introducing the key features of Martyn’s Law, including:

🟤 Who may fall within scope

🟤 Standard and Enhanced Tier premises

🟤 Responsible Person responsibilities

🟤 The role of the Security Industry Authority

🟤 Public protection procedures

🟤 Evacuation

🟤 Invacuation

🟤 Lockdown

🟤 Emergency communication

🟤 Public protection measures

🟤 Reasonably practicable measures

🟤 Notification requirements

🟤 Staff awareness and preparation

🟤 Records and evidence

The Home Office’s statutory guidance confirms that all qualifying premises and events must ensure appropriate public protection procedures are in place, while enhanced-tier premises and qualifying events have additional requirements relating to public protection measures. GOV.UK

Evacuation, Invacuation & Lockdown

The pack contains practical templates to help businesses consider how people could be protected during a terrorist incident.

🟤 Evacuation – moving people away from danger and out of the premises or affected area

🟤 Invacuation – moving people into safer areas within premises where remaining outside may expose them to greater danger

🟤 Lockdown – restricting access to, exit from or movement within premises where appropriate

🟤 Communication – getting necessary information and instructions to people on the premises

These are the four public protection procedures identified under Martyn’s Law. GOV.UK

Vulnerability & Preparedness Assessment

The pack includes an editable Terrorism Vulnerability & Preparedness Assessment to help organisations consider areas such as:

🟤 Entrances and exits

🟤 Public-facing areas

🟤 Queues and crowd locations

🟤 External areas

🟤 Access control

🟤 Deliveries and contractors

🟤 Evacuation arrangements

🟤 Invacuation arrangements

🟤 Lockdown arrangements

🟤 Emergency communications

🟤 Staff awareness

🟤 Emergency-services liaison

🟤 Actions and improvements required

A separate Risk Reduction Action Plan is also included to help businesses assign responsibilities and track actions through to completion.

Completed Examples

One of the most useful parts of the pack is the dedicated Completed Examples folder.

Examples include:

🟤 Completed Premises Profile

🟤 Completed Responsible Person Record

🟤 Completed Evacuation Procedure

🟤 Completed Invacuation Procedure

🟤 Completed Staff Briefing Record

🟤 Completed Vulnerability & Preparedness Assessment

🟤 Completed Tabletop Exercise

🟤 Completed Corrective Action Register

These examples use a fictional venue and are provided to demonstrate the level of detail that may be useful when completing your own documents. They should not simply be copied without considering your actual premises and arrangements.

Suitable For

The pack may be useful to organisations reviewing preparedness for premises or events potentially within scope of Martyn’s Law, including:

🟤 Hospitality venues

🟤 Pubs and clubs

🟤 Entertainment venues

🟤 Hotels

🟤 Retail premises

🟤 Community venues

🟤 Leisure businesses

🟤 Visitor attractions

🟤 Event operators

🟤 Facilities-management teams

🟤 Multi-site organisations

🟤 Managers responsible for publicly accessible premises

Whether a particular premises or event falls within scope depends on the statutory criteria, including its use and the number of people reasonably expected to be present. Businesses should use current Home Office guidance when determining their position. GOV.UK

Why Use This Pack?

🟤 Saves time creating preparation documents from scratch

🟤 Provides a structured starting point for Martyn’s Law preparation

🟤 Helps identify responsibilities and outstanding actions

🟤 Supports organised emergency-planning procedures

🟤 Helps managers review evacuation, invacuation and lockdown arrangements

🟤 Provides practical staff briefing and exercise records

🟤 Includes completed examples to show how documents can be used

🟤 Supports organised evidence and record keeping

🟤 Fully editable to suit your own organisation

🟤 Designed from a practical operational-management perspective

How to Use the Pack

🟤 Download and extract the ZIP folder

🟤 Begin with the START HERE documents

🟤 Read the Understanding Martyn’s Law guide

🟤 Consider whether your premises or event may fall within scope

🟤 Identify the Responsible Person and relevant managers

🟤 Review your premises and existing security arrangements

🟤 Complete the relevant public protection procedures

🟤 Review evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication arrangements

🟤 Brief relevant staff

🟤 Test procedures through exercises where appropriate

🟤 Record weaknesses and improvement actions

🟤 Review completed examples for guidance

🟤 Keep documents under review as your premises, staffing or arrangements change

Digital Download Information

🟤 FREE digital download

🟤 No physical item will be posted

🟤 Files are supplied in ZIP format

🟤 The ZIP folder must be downloaded and extracted before use

🟤 Templates are supplied as editable Microsoft Word documents

🟤 A START HERE PDF is included

🟤 Documents can be customised, saved and printed for use within your own organisation

Important Information

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025. The Home Office published statutory guidance in April 2026, most recently updated in August 2026, and the substantive duties are expected to commence in spring 2027. GOV.UK

This pack is designed as a preparation and organisational resource. It does not determine whether your organisation falls within scope of Martyn’s Law and does not replace the Act, statutory guidance, regulator guidance, site-specific professional security advice or advice from the appropriate authorities.

Each organisation remains responsible for assessing its own premises, expected attendance, use, vulnerabilities, procedures and protective-security arrangements.

The templates and completed examples must be reviewed and adapted to the circumstances of the actual premises or event.

This pack does not constitute legal or specialist counter-terrorism/security advice and does not guarantee compliance with the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 or any future regulatory requirement.