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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 793
PREVENTION AND
SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises)
(Notification Requirements) Regulations 2026
Made - - - - 9th July 2026
Laid before Parliament 14th July 2026
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(3),
(5), (6) and (8) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025(1).
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) (Notification
Requirements) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the date on which section 9(1) (notification
requirements) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 comes fully into force.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025;
“commencement day” means the day on which section 9(1) of the Act comes into force;
“responsible person” means the person responsible for the qualifying premises or qualifying
event.
(2) In these Regulations, a qualifying event is first publicised when the date of the event is first
made available to members of the public for the purpose of advertising the event—
(a) by, or with the authority of, a person responsible for the event, and
(b) through any medium which enables members of the public to access that information.
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(3) In paragraph (2), “members of the public” include members or guests of a club, association
or similar body where information about the qualifying event is first made known, or only made
known, to the members or guests of the club, association or similar body.
(4) Reference in these Regulations to the contact details of any person means the following
information in relation to that person, where that information is available—
(a) a telephone number,
(b) an email address, and
(c) a postal address, including postcode.
The required time
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 9(1) (notification requirements for qualifying premises) of
the Act, the “required time” means—
(a) in the case of a person responsible for qualifying premises(2), before the end of—
(i)the period of three months beginning with commencement day, or
(ii)if later, the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which that person becomes
a responsible person in relation to the qualifying premises in question;
(b) in the case of a person who has ceased to be responsible for qualifying premises, before
the end of—
(i)the period of three months beginning with commencement day, or
(ii)if later, the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which that person ceased to
be responsible for the qualifying premises in question.
(2) For the purposes of section 9(2) (notification requirements for qualifying events) of the Act,
the “required time” means—
(a) in the case of a person responsible for a qualifying event—
(i)where the qualifying event(3) is first publicised on or before commencement day,
before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with commencement day;
(ii)where the qualifying event is first publicised after commencement day, before the
end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which it is so publicised;
(b) in the case of a person who has ceased to be responsible for the qualifying event, before the
end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which they ceased to be responsible
for the qualifying event in question.
(3) For the purposes of section 9(4) of the Act (notifications required when notified information
ceases to be accurate), the “required time” means before the end of—
(a) where the information relates to qualifying premises, the period of 28 days beginning with
the day on which information notified to the Security Industry Authority under section 9(1)
of the Act first ceased to be accurate, or
(b) where the information relates to a qualifying event, the period of 14 days beginning with
the day on which information notified to the Security Industry Authority under section 9(2)
of the Act first ceased to be accurate.
Person making the notification
4. A notification required under section 9 of the Act may be made by—
(2) “Qualifying premises” are defined in section 2 of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
(3) “Qualifying event” is defined in section 3 of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
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(a) the responsible person, or
(b) a person authorised by the responsible person to make the notification on their behalf.
Notification of information
5.—(1) A notification made in relation to qualifying premises must include—
(a) the information set out in—
(i)Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule, and
(ii)in the case of enhanced duty premises(4), Part 3 of the Schedule,
(b) confirmation that the person submitting the notification is—
(i)the responsible person, or
(ii)authorised to do so on behalf of the responsible person, and
(c) confirmation that the person submitting the notification is aware that knowingly or
recklessly providing false or misleading information is an offence under section 25 of the
Act.
(2) A notification made in relation to a qualifying event must include—
(a) the information set out in Parts 1, 3 and 4 of the Schedule,
(b) confirmation that the person submitting the notification is—
(i)the responsible person, or
(ii)authorised to do so on behalf of the responsible person, and
(c) confirmation that the person submitting the notification is aware that knowingly or
recklessly providing false or misleading information is an offence under section 25 of the
Act.
(3) The Security Industry Authority may request the person responsible for the qualifying
premises, or the qualifying event, to provide any additional information specified by the Authority
which is reasonably necessary to enable the Authority to perform its functions under the Act.
(4) The information which may be requested under paragraph (3) includes—
(a) information relating to any person who has control of the qualifying premises or qualifying
event,
(b) information relating to the qualifying premises, and
(c) information relating to the qualifying event,
which is not required to be provided under the Schedule.
(5) The person making the notification must submit information—
(a) in the form required by the Security Industry Authority, and
(b) using the online portal established by the Security Industry Authority for notifications
under the Act, unless the Authority directs otherwise.
Notification of information which has ceased to be accurate
6.—(1) The person responsible for qualifying premises or a qualifying event must notify the
Security Industry Authority when information previously notified to the Security Industry Authority
in relation to the qualifying premises or qualifying event has ceased to be accurate.
(4) “Enhanced duty premises” is defined in section 2(3)(a) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
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(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “information previously notified to the Security Industry
Authority” includes information notified to the Authority by any person who ceased to be responsible
for the qualifying premises or qualifying event after making the notification.
(3) The notification required under paragraph (1)—
(a) must include revised details of any information which is no longer accurate, and
(b) must be given before the end of the following periods, beginning in each case on the day
on which the information first ceased to be accurate—
(i)28 days, where the information concerns qualifying premises, and
(ii)14 days, where the information concerns a qualifying event.
Review
7.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations, and
(b) publish a report setting out the conclusion of the review.
(2) The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with
the commencement date.
(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(4) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015(5) requires that
a report published under this regulation must, in particular—
(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in
paragraph (1)(a),
(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved
in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
(5) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).
Angela Eagle
Minister of State
9th July 2026 Home Office
(5) 2015 c. 26.
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Schedule Regulation 5
Information to be notified
Part 1
Qualifying premises and qualifying events
1. The names and contact details of—
(a) each person who is responsible for the qualifying premises or qualifying event under
section 4(1) of the Act (“the responsible person”), and
(b) any other person who is subject to the obligation to co-ordinate with the responsible person
under section 8(4) of the Act.
2. Where the responsible person is a corporate body—
(a) its name, including, in the case of a registered company, its registered name, and
(b) any names under which it trades.
3. Any registered company number, or registered charity number, of the responsible person.
4. The name, contact details and relationship to the responsible person of any other person other
than the responsible person who, to any extent—
(a) has control of the qualifying premises, or
(b) has control of the qualifying event.
5. Where the person submitting the notification is not the responsible person—
(a) their name and role,
(b) their relationship to the responsible person,
(c) their contact details, and
(d) confirmation that they are authorised to submit the notification on behalf of the responsible
person.
6. The postal address of the qualifying premises or the place where the qualifying event is being
held, including its postcode.
7. Whether or not the responsible person is also responsible for other qualifying premises, or
qualifying events.
8. The greatest number of individuals who can reasonably be expected to be present on the
qualifying premises or at the qualifying event at the same time.
9. The method used to calculate the figure given in response to paragraph 8.
10. The website address for any website and information on any online social media platform
and any social media account which is—
(a) under the control of the responsible person, or of any other person who has control to any
extent over the qualifying premises or qualifying event, and
(b) being used to advertise the qualifying premises or qualifying event.
11.—(1) Whether the qualifying premises or qualifying event have, an application has been
submitted for, or notice has been given in relation to, any of the following licences, certificates or
permissions—
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(a) a licence to sell alcohol, including a temporary licence or notice;
(b) a licence or other permission from any authority to provide entertainment;
(c) a general safety certificate, within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Safety of Sports
Grounds Act 1975(6), or Article 12(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland)
Order 2006(7);
(d) a safety certificate for a regulated stand under Part 3 of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places
of Sport Act 1987(8), or Part 3 of the Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland) Order
2006.
(2) Where any licence, certificate or permission (“relevant authorisations”) listed in sub-
paragraph (1) is in force in relation to the qualifying premises or qualifying event—
(a) a description of the relevant authorisation;
(b) the dates for which it is in force;
(c) the issuing authority, or, in the case of a temporary event notice under section 100 of the
Licensing Act 2003(9), the authority to which notice was given.
Part 2
Qualifying premises
12. Confirmation that the premises satisfy the definition of “qualifying premises” in section 2
of the Act.
13. The relevant Schedule 1 use(10) of the qualifying premises.
14. Whether the qualifying premises consist of a group of buildings, and if so, how many
buildings there are in the group.
15. The address of each building which forms part of the qualifying premises, if there is more
than one address and postcode for the qualifying premises.
16. Where the qualifying premises, or any buildings which form part of the qualifying premises,
also form part of larger premises—
(a) the name and address of the larger premises, and
(b) whether the larger premises are also qualifying premises.
17. Whether the premises have any seating, whether permanent or temporary, in any area
adjoining the premises, including seating on the pavement or road outside the premises.
Part 3
Enhanced duty premises and qualifying events
18. Where an individual has been designated under section 10 of the Act as having responsibility
for ensuring that the responsible person complies with the requirements imposed on them by or under
the Act (“the senior individual”), the following information in relation to that individual—
(6) 1975 c. 72. There are amendments to section 1(4) which are not relevant to this instrument.
(7) S.I. 2026/313 (N.I. 2).
(8) 1987 c. 27.
(9) 2003 c. 17. Section 100 has been amended by sections 114(3) and 115(2) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility
Act 2011 (c. 19).
(10) “Relevant Schedule 1 use” is defined in section 4(2) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
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(a) their name,
(b) their contact details,
(c) what position they hold in relation to the enhanced duty premises(11) or qualifying event,
and
(d) the date on which they were designated as senior individual.
19. Confirmation that the senior individual, or where no senior individual has been designated,
the responsible person, understands the requirements—
(a) to prepare a document satisfying the requirements of section 7 of the Act (enhanced duty
premises and qualifying events: documenting compliance) (a “compliance document”);
(b) to provide a copy of the compliance document to the Security Industry Authority as soon
as reasonably practicable after it has been prepared;
(c) to provide a copy of a revised compliance document to the Security Industry Authority
before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day of its revision.
Part 4
Qualifying events
20. Confirmation that the event satisfies the definition of “qualifying event” in section 3 of the
Act.
21. The date and time at which the qualifying event is to be held.
22. The date and time at which persons attending the qualifying event will first be admitted to
the event.
23. A brief description of the qualifying event.
24. Details of any larger event of which the qualifying event forms part, including, where known,
whether a separate notification has been made in relation to the larger event under the Act, and the
number assigned by the Security Industry Authority to that notification.
25. If known, whether the premises where the qualifying event is being held are qualifying
premises, and if they are—
(a) whether they are standard duty premises, or enhanced duty premises(12), and
(b) any number which has been assigned to the premises by the Security Industry Authority
in connection with previous notifications under the Act.
26. Whether an event which is the same as the qualifying event has taken place in the past, and
if so—
(a) the date on which the event last took place,
(b) whether the event was held at the same premises, and if not, the postal address of the
premises where it was held,
(c) whether the event took place under the same name, and associated with the same brand
name, or other distinctive marks used to distinguish the event from other events, and
(d) the name and contact details of the person who was responsible for that event.
27. Whether the qualifying event is intended to be repeated in future.
(11) “Enhanced duty premises” are defined in section 2(3)(a) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
(12) “Standard duty premises” are defined in section 2(3)(b) of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
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28. The date on which the qualifying event was, or will be, first publicised and the format of the
publication, including—
(a) in the case of publication on a website, the website address,
(b) in the case of publication by social media—
(i)the platform on which it is being published, and
(ii)the account through which it is being published.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision in relation to the information which must be provided to the
Security Industry Authority by a person who is, or has been, responsible for qualifying premises
or a qualifying event under section 9 of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (c. 10)
(“the Act”).
Regulation 3 specifies the time when the information must first be provided to the Security Industry
Authority, and when, if necessary, that information must be corrected.
Regulation 4 specifies who may provide the information.
Regulation 5, and the Schedule to the Regulations, state what information is to be included in
notifications to the Security Industry Authority and how that information is to be provided.
Regulation 6 makes the person responsible for the qualifying premises or qualifying event
responsible for correcting any information notified to the Security Industry Authority which has
ceased to be accurate.
Regulation 7 requires the Secretary of State to carry out a review of the regulatory provision made
by the Regulations.
A full impact assessment of the effect that the notification requirements under the Act will have on
the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is included in the impact assessment
published with the Act which is available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/10/impacts,
or from the Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF. A full impact assessment has not
been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant additional impact on the private, voluntary
or public sector is foreseen.
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