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NEBOSH Standard Duty Premises Certificate, eLearning
The NEBOSH Martyn's Law qualification for the standard tier, as self-paced eLearning. Get the person responsible for your premises qualified without losing a day to a classroom: the full NEBOSH National Certificate in Protecting Standard Duty Premises from Terrorism, studied online whenever it suits them.
Who it is for
Who this qualification is for
Martyn's Law reaches further than most people expect. The standard tier applies to qualifying premises where 200 to 799 people may be present, from shops and restaurants to places of worship and village halls. Whoever is responsible for those premises has to put simple, sensible procedures in place and be able to show they have. This qualification proves they know what good looks like.
- The person responsible for a standard duty premises where 200 to 799 people may be present
- Owners and managers of shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars
- Those running places of worship, village halls and community centres
- Managers of visitor attractions, smaller hotels and leisure facilities
- Local authority and public sector staff responsible for libraries, museums and civic buildings
- Duty managers and supervisors who will put the procedures into practice on the ground
- Health and safety people who have picked up Martyn's Law alongside everything else
Course content
What the course covers
The course works straight through the NEBOSH standard duty syllabus, built from it rather than around it. Narration runs the whole way through, and the content unlocks one lesson at a time so you always know where you are up to.
Course introduction
Why Martyn's Law exists and the story behind it, who NEBOSH are, how you will be assessed and how you will be supported.
The nature of terrorism and the legal framework
What terrorism is under UK law and the ideologies behind it, how existing health and safety law already applies, what counts as a qualifying event and qualifying premises, the difference between standard and enhanced duty, the legal duties the 2025 Act places on you, and the role of the SIA.
Identifying and monitoring potential threats
The UK threat level system and what it means for you, the credible sources of threat intelligence, what makes a site an attractive target, and who should be keeping an eye on all of it.
Understanding terrorist threats and site vulnerabilities
Evaluating the terrorist threats that could affect your premises, and recognising the site-specific vulnerabilities that make each one easier.
Implementing public protection procedures
Public protection procedures and measures that are reasonably practicable for your site, emergency responses to different kinds of attack, communicating and coordinating with the emergency services, and the place of trauma first aid.
Developing a strong security culture
What a positive security culture looks like, the part leadership plays, and how to bring your whole team with you so the procedures work in practice.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Work out with confidence whether your premises or event falls in the standard tier, the enhanced tier or outside the Act entirely
- Recognise the nature of terrorism and how UK health and safety law already applies to it
- Interpret the national threat level and the guidance behind it, and act proportionately for your own site
- Evaluate the terrorist threats and the site-specific vulnerabilities that apply to your premises
- Choose and put in place public protection procedures and measures that suit your site, as far as is reasonably practicable
- Build a positive security culture so the measures work on the day, not just on paper
Your legal duty
Martyn’s Law, and why the clock matters
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, known as Martyn's Law, received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025, with an implementation period of at least 24 months before the duties bite. In practice that puts enforcement around spring 2027.
The standard tier applies where 200 to 799 people may be present at qualifying premises. It is about simple, low-cost steps: putting public protection procedures in place, making sure the people who work there know what to do, and being ready to show it.
The Security Industry Authority is the regulator. Getting ahead of the deadline is the cheap way to do this, because it gives you time to train your people and embed the procedures before anyone is checking.
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025
- Standard duty premises: 200 to 799 people may be present
- Public protection procedures required
- Home Office statutory guidance
- ProtectUK and SIA guidance
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Some people learn better with a tutor in the room and a group to argue with. The same qualification runs as three days classroom or live online at £650 + VAT, with the NEBOSH assessment included.
For employers
Buying for a team
A retail or hospitality group with a dozen sites over the threshold needs a dozen people who can answer for them. eLearning is the only sensible way to do that without emptying the rota, and we will price it properly rather than charging you a dozen times.
- Volume pricing from five places, and again from ten
- One invoice, one point of contact, no purchase orders per head
- Progress reporting so you can see who has finished and who has not
- Assessment sittings arranged around your operation
- Bespoke onsite delivery where you would rather have a tutor in the room
NEBOSH Standard Duty Premises Certificate, eLearning: common questions
Yes. It is the same NEBOSH National Certificate in Protecting Standard Duty Premises from Terrorism, the same unit PTS1 and the same assessment. The only difference is that you study it online, at your own pace, instead of in a classroom.
The £155 + VAT covers the full eLearning course and 24 months of access. The NEBOSH assessment (unit PTS1) is booked separately at £38 + VAT, which covers your first attempt; resits are charged at the same rate.
Exactly the same. NEBOSH issues the same certificate however you study, and employers and the regulator treat it the same way.
About six hours of study in total, done whenever it suits you. Most people finish comfortably across a few sittings.
The standard tier covers qualifying premises where 200 to 799 people may be present. If 800 or more may be present, or you run qualifying events, you need the enhanced tier instead. The first lesson helps you work out which applies to you, and we also run the enhanced route.
The Act received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025, with at least a 24 month implementation period, so enforcement is expected around spring 2027. Getting qualified now gives you time to put the procedures in place before the deadline.
Yes. The course is built to WCAG 2.2 AA, with narration on every screen and accessibility settings the learner controls.
Yes. We offer volume pricing, one invoice and progress reporting, so you can get everyone across your sites qualified without emptying the rota.
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