# Free Martyn’s Law templates: venue preparation pack

> Five free, printable templates and a one-page standard-tier checklist for preparing for Martyn’s Law. Free: enter your email to print.

Printable templates and a one-page checklist with prompts and blank fields, not completed answers. Version October 2026. Free to print, copy and adapt; the page asks for an email before printing.

1. **Attendance evidence log**: Record the most people reasonably expected at the same time, how you estimated it and the evidence.
2. **Public protection procedures planner**: Prompts for thinking through evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication at your premises.
3. **Staff and volunteer briefing record**: A record of who has been briefed on your procedures, what was covered and any questions.
4. **Exercise and practice record**: Record a discussion, walk-through or practice of your procedures and what you learned.
5. **Responsibilities sheet**: Who the responsible person is in law, and who does which preparation task in practice.
6. **Standard-tier checklist**: One page to tick off: scope, responsibility, the four procedures, people and SIA notification, plus the recommended good practice.

- At standard tier the Act does not require a written plan or a formal risk assessment. The Home Office guidance recommends documenting procedures, including reasons for not adopting one.
- The one-page checklist is the print version of the [standard-tier compliance checklist](https://wardcote.co.uk/martyns-law/standard-tier-checklist.md), which explains each step.
- The pack has no risk assessment template: Martyn’s Law does not require a formal terrorism risk assessment at standard tier, and assessing public protection measures is an enhanced tier duty. See [Do you need a Martyn’s Law risk assessment?](https://wardcote.co.uk/martyns-law/risk-assessment.md).
- The templates do not replace the compliance document that enhanced tier premises and qualifying events need for the SIA.
- Filling in a template does not certify compliance and does not transfer legal responsibility: the responsible person is whoever controls the premises in connection with its qualifying use, and responsibility cannot be delegated.
- A printable counting worksheet is at https://wardcote.co.uk/how-many-people/worksheet.

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Source: https://wardcote.co.uk/martyns-law/templates · Last reviewed 2026-10-21 · Wardcote, venue and event security. General guidance, not legal advice.