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Martyn's Law Update | Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 becomes Law.
As previously reported the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill completed its journey through the Parliamentary process on 25th March and was awaiting Royal Assent. Today, the King fulfilled his legislative roll and gave his assent creating th...
Cabinet Office to look at Safety Advisory Group Guidance
The Emergency Planning College (the EPC) have announced that they will be working with other key regulators, the emergency services, and the Government to review the guidance provided to Safety Advisory Groups (SAG). The review is being led by th...
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New Smoking Legislation
The Government have today announced a new Bill (the Tobacco and Vapes Bill) intended to take “Tougher action to better protect the public, NHS and the economy from the harms of smoking”. The Bill aims to phase out of the sale of tobac...
New tipping law comes into force
From today (1st October), the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and the statutory Code of Practice on fair and transparent distribution of tips comes into force. This new legislation effectively makes it unlawful for employers to make deduc...
King Charles III - New banknotes come into circulation
As we’ve previously reported new banknotes for £5, £10, £20 and £50 denominations have today (Wednesday 5th June 2024) entered circulation featuring a portrait of King Charles III. No other changes to the existing de...
Six-week Martyn’s Law Consultation Launched
The Government has launched a six-week consultation in relation to the proposed Martyn’s Law, named for Martyn Hett who tragically lost his life along with 21 others in the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017. Martyn’s Law seeks that...
Disposable vapes to be banned
In forming part of the Government’s plans to control the rising numbers of young people vaping, the Government has announced an intention to ban disposable vapes and bring forward additional measures to prevent vapes (non-disposable) being m...
Updates to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
You will no doubt be aware that all personal licence applicants must disclose any unspent relevant convictions on their application paperwork and the Police may object to such application if they feel the granting of the licence would undermine th...