Home Office corrects worked example on ‘responsible person’ in Martyn’s Law guidance

The Home Office has corrected the Section 27 statutory guidance published under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, known as Martyn’s Law, correcting a worked example on how the responsible person is identified where a premises is leased to a tenant. Updated PDF and HTML versions are now available on GOV.UK, replacing the previous versions.

What’s changed in the Section 27 statutory guidance. A correction slip was added to the guidance on 6 August 2026, and an updated PDF incorporating the correction slip was published the following day, 7 August 2026. The slip sets out two corrections.

Responsible person example corrected. The first amends Example 3 on page 58, which illustrates how the responsible person for a premises is identified under the Act. The example previously stated that where a pub is owned by a brewery and leased to a tenant, the brewery, as licence holder, is the responsible person. It has been corrected to make clear that while the brewery or pub company remains the licence holder, responsibility instead sits with the tenant, who is in control of the premises for their relevant Schedule 1 use.

NPSA campaign name corrected. The second amends paragraph 7.18 on page 72, where a reference to the NPSA’s “Recognise, Assess, Reach (RAR)” campaign should have read “Recognise, Assess, React (RAR)”.

Supplementary Document C. A minor typographical error is also being corrected in Non-statutory Supplementary Document C, titled “Further resources and learning”. Updated PDF and HTML versions of that document will be published at the same GOV.UK link in due course.

Copies of the guidance downloaded or saved before 7 August 2026 predate the correction slip. The guidance sets out how those in charge of premises and events determine whether they fall within scope of the Act and comply with their duties under it, and the corrected version is available from GOV.UK.