The SIA's executive director for Martyn's Law Laura Gibb has given an update on the law's progress and delivered new guidance on the notification requirement.

The Home Office recently published new guidance on the requirement to notify and what it means in practice. The SIA has clarified that once Martyn’s Law comes into force, those responsible for qualifying premises and events will need to formally notify us that they are in scope.

The notification portal is currently being built and further information will be published nearer the time.
 

For qualifying premises, there will be a three-month window from commencement of the relevant section in the Act to submit a notification, with changes to be reported within 28 days after that.

For qualifying events, in most cases the responsible person will need to notify the SIA within 14 days of the event date being made publicly available.

For qualifying premises, the responsible person is the individual, organisation or company with control of the premises for the use that makes it subject to Martyn’s Law. And for qualifying events, this is the individual, organisation or company with control of the premises at which the qualifying event is taking place, for the purposes of the event.