Martyn's Law, in plain English — guide by guide

Every guide below does the same three jobs: tells you honestly whether the law is likely to apply to your kind of premises, explains what the standard tier actually asks (less than the headlines suggest), and shows you what's worth writing down. Start with the one that sounds like your building — or let the scope checker point you to it in three minutes.

• Standard tier requirements — the whole of the law's ask for venues of 200–799, in plain English: notify, four procedures, people who know them.
• Village & community halls — the capacity question done properly: why the fire-capacity sign isn't the answer, and what to minute either way.
• Churches & places of worship — the 200 threshold still applies; above it, worship premises are standard tier at any size. What that means for PCCs, wardens — and the dioceses behind them.
• Sports & social clubs — the matchday maths: players, spectators, bar and function room counted together, and why finals day decides the answer.
• Scout & guide halls — mostly good news: how to conclude "out of scope" properly, minute it, and know the two exceptions.
• Small theatres & cinemas — count the seats, then everyone else; why licensed venues start 80% prepared, and the two genuinely new procedures.
• Pubs & function rooms — the function room decides it: the whole-premises count on your biggest nights, hirer bookings, and why licensed operators start ahead.
• Parish & town councils — a clerk's walkthrough: inventory the buildings, count each one, settle who the responsible person is, and minute it like everything else.