Martyn’s Law Guide
What does Martyn’s Law mean for your venue?
Find your venue, understand what may apply, and create a practical guide and toolkit for your team.
Free · No account needed · Independent OnSiren guidance · Based on official sources
- 3Steps to your guide
- 8Practical worksheets
- 6Sector guides
- 4Procedures to review
Three steps to a guide your team can use.
A place to start. A team to prepare.
Eight practical worksheets, written for your type of venue. Print them, or share a fixed team guide with an optional password.
The toolkit supports preparation. It makes no legal determination and completing it is no guarantee of compliance or safety.
A guide for the way your place works.
Worked examples, questions to resolve and optional prompts you can use with your team.
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Pubs and bars
Start with the whole pub: the bar, dining areas, function rooms and any associated outdoor space. Then bring the people running those areas into the same conversation.
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Restaurants and cafés
A restaurant’s seating plan is one part of the picture. Look at the people reasonably expected together, the spaces in use and how kitchen and front-of-house teams receive instructions.
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Community halls
A hall can have many users and one unanswered question: who tells each group what to do? Start by identifying the organisation controlling the relevant use and agreeing how each booking receives the current local information.
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Places of worship
Bring services, community activities and external bookings into the preparation conversation. Check the relevant use first, then help the people supporting each activity understand their local roles.
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Events and organisers
An event needs its own set of facts. Agree the event area and the organisation controlling its use, then check how it relates to the host premises and the people expected together.
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Venue teams and security officers
A useful briefing helps each person answer a few concrete questions: who leads, what is my role, how will I receive instructions and where can I resolve uncertainty?
Bring it back to your venue.
Find your venue, confirm what you know and create a venue guide. Keep uncertain answers open.
Free. No account needed. Independent OnSiren guidance based on official sources.
Official sources
- gov.ukHome Office statutory guidance (opens in a new tab)
- protectuk.police.ukProtectUK: official resource library (opens in a new tab)
- gov.ukSIA: implementation and regulator guidance (opens in a new tab)
Source review: 14 October 2026. OnSiren publishes these guides independently, based on the official sources listed here. The linked organisations retain their official roles, and OnSiren makes no claim of endorsement by the Home Office or the SIA.