• Sports Stadiums & Arenas
• Hospitality & Hotels
• Music & Entertainment Venues
• Any Building With A Capacity of 200+ Persons
• Event Organisers
• Visitor Attractions
• Local Authorities
• Retail & Shopping Centres
• Universities & Education
• Security Managers
• Operations Teams
• Responsible Individuals under Martyn’s Law
• Facilities & Risk Managers

1. Understanding Terrorist Threat Methodologies
    - Understanding attack methodologies used by terrorists and how threats may present across different public environments.
2. Counter-Terrorism Risk Assessment
   - Developing practical understanding of threat assessments, vulnerabilities and mitigation planning.
3. Protective Security Measures
   - Understanding proportionate protective security measures and operational preparedness strategies.
4. Preparedness & Response Planning
   - Developing preparedness plans aligned with national counter-terrorism guidance and good practice.
5. Organisational Resilience
   - Building confidence by training staff awareness and preparation, incident response, communication and operational resilience.
6. Knowing When To Seek Specialist Support
   - Understanding the role of specialist advisers and how to access further protective security guidance.

What is Martyn’s Law?

Martyn’s Law is the common name for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, a UK law that requires certain public venues and events to take reasonable, practical steps to improve preparedness for a terrorist attack. It received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025.

Martyn’s Law aims to ensure the public is better protected from terrorism by requiring organisations responsible for public premises and events to:

• Plan and prepare for a potential attack
• Reduce vulnerabilities where reasonably practicable
• Have clear public protection procedures
• Train staff so they know how to respond

This is a direct response to the Manchester Arena Inquiry and the campaigning of Figen Murray OBE, mother of Martyn Hett, who was killed in the 2017 attack.

It is the only UK-regulated qualification developed with National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), and the only qualification endorsed by UK Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP). It has been designed specifically to assist individuals, organisations and venues prevent terrorist attacks whilst preparing them to best conform to the legal requirements of the new legislation (Martyns Law). 

The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) are the UK’s central authority for protective security advice, supporting UK government, industry, and the public to reduce vulnerability to terrorism. They are a government led specialist unit that provides national leadership on counter-terrorism protective security supporting the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST). This is the only NaCTSO accredited course and it has been designed with the legislation in mind. This will bring confidence to the quality of the training you will receive and a credibility to the products you will learn to generate on completion of this course. 

The Level 3 Award in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security and Preparedness (CTPSaP) qualification is specifically aligned to the requirements of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. In the legislation it applicable to the ‘Responsible Person’ or ‘Senior Individual’ (formerly called ‘the Competent Person’). It will more broadly benefit a wide range of people, (venues and organisations), essentially anyone who has responsibility for keeping people safe at venues, sites, or events and those who must understand and implement protective security. It therefor is for anyone who needs to understand CT risk assessment and preparedness planning. 

This comes down to capacity, risk, and the level of duties required.

Standard Tier

• 200–799 people
• Applies to premises and events where 200 or more individuals are reasonably expected to be present at one time.

Duty-holders must:

• Have basic public protection procedures (e.g., what to do in an attack: RUN–HIDE–TELL, lockdown, evacuation)
• Ensure staff awareness training (e.g., ACT e-learning, ProtectUK guidance)
• Take simple steps to reduce harm (e.g., locking doors, identifying safe routes, basic situational awareness)
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Enhanced Tier

• 800+ people
• Applies to larger venues and events where 800 or more individuals are reasonably expected to be present at one time.

Duty-holders must:

• Notify the regulator (SIA)
• Conduct a CT risk assessment
• Develop detailed public protection procedures
• Take reasonably practicable steps to reduce vulnerabilities
• Appoint a Senior Individual (oversight and accountability)
• Maintain documentation and evidence
• Cooperate with inspections and enforcement
• Enhanced Tier is essentially the full compliance regime.

These thresholds are set in the Act and are not optional.

Absolutely. Smaller venues (normally below 200 in capacity) e.g. village halls, religious venues or exempt premises like schools often host events or shows that bring them into the Standard tier. This training is for all helping you have the same confidence and resilience to look after yourselves and your people as venues that are multiple times larger than you.

The training in its current format is a 5 day in person course. Public Protection Training Ltd will be delighted to come to your premises and deliver a bespoke course or welcome you to join them at any of the publicly advertised courses. 

The course assumes no prior counter-terrorism or security knowledge and builds confidence from the first principles and is ground up learning. It has a structured curriculum which is fully accessible and leads newcomers and experienced practitioners to the same qualification outcome. 

Level 3 training is not mandatory under Martyn’s Law. The legislation requires a designated responsible person who must:

• Understands the duties
• Can assess vulnerabilities
• Can implement proportionate protective security
• Can prepare and maintain procedures
• Understand the threat
• Conduct a CT-focused risk assessment
• Develop public protection procedures
• Train staff appropriately

The Level 3 Award trains what competence looks like in practice and is why it is becoming the de facto industry standard for anyone acting in a preparedness or security-lead role.

The SFJ Level 3 Award in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security and Preparedness (CTPSaP) does not expire however the foundation upon which the course is built and its teaching content is that competence must be maintained as an ongoing responsibility.

The Level 3 Award is designed for any sector that operates public-facing premises or events who can reasonably be expected to have a capacity of 200+. It is suitable for hospitality, retail, health, events, leisure, visitor attractions, education, faith venues, local authorities, offices and any organisation responsible for protecting people in public spaces.