Open consultation
Martyn's Law: draft section 12 statutory guidance
Consultation description
We are consulting on a draft of SIA guidance on how we propose to exercise our functions as the regulator under the Act. Section 12(2)(a) of the Act requires us to produce this guidance and to publish it if the Secretary of State approves it.
This statutory guidance, also known as ‘section 12’ guidance, will sit alongside the statutory guidance that the Home Office must produce under section 27 of the Act. The 2 pieces of statutory guidance will interlink:
- the Home Office’s section 27 guidance sets out the requirements of the Act: what people and organisations affected by the Act must do to comply
- our section 12 guidance explains how we will regulate the people and organisations affected by the Act
This consultation only covers our section 12 guidance. It does not cover the Home Office’s section 27 guidance.
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Published 15 April 2026