In the King’s Speech on the 17th July, the new Labour Government has reaffirmed its commitment to Martyn's Law and the Protect Duty
The legislation proposed by the former Government was called the Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill. Whilst this draft is subject to amendment following a previous public consultation, the new Government has stated it will continue with this Bill which, (if enacted) will affect all publicly accessible premises with a public capacity of 100 persons or more. This will inevitably require a degree of investment in both time and cost by all premises which will meet this criteria, to meet legal requirements.
It must be stressed however, at this stage that Martyn’s Law/Protect Duty is not law, and no legislation to date has entered Parliament.
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