# Bribery Act 2010 [operative Body; Schedules excluded] URL: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/ksrc_vwka46y35fxa0zcy - Jurisdiction: United Kingdom - Type: Act - Identifier: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/23 - Current as of: 8 April 2010 - Provisions: 20 - Official text: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/23 - Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. > The library is a research copy. Check the official source before relying on a provision: the text published there, not the copy in Consilena, is the law. ## Provisions - **Expectation test**: — Regulation 5 — Expectation test For the purposes of sections 3 and 4, the test of what is expected is a test of what a reasonable person in the United… - **Failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery**: — Regulation 7 — Failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery A relevant commercial organisation (“C”) is guilty of an offence under this section if… - **Guidance about commercial organisations preventing bribery**: — Regulation 9 — Guidance about commercial organisations preventing bribery The Secretary of State must publish guidance about procedures that relevant… - **Extent**: — Regulation 18 — Extent Subject as follows, this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Subject to subsections (3) to (5), any… - **Consequential provision**: — Regulation 17 — Consequential provision The following common law offences are abolished— the offences under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland… - **Penalties**: — Regulation 11 — Penalties An individual guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is liable— on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not… - **Commencement and transitional provision etc.**: — Regulation 19 — Commencement and transitional provision etc. Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may… - **Consent to prosecution**: — Regulation 10 — Consent to prosecution No proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted in England and Wales except by or with the consent of—… - **Offences under sections 1, 2 and 6 by bodies corporate etc.**: — Regulation 14 — Offences under sections 1, 2 and 6 by bodies corporate etc. This section applies if an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is committed by a body… - **Offences relating to being bribed**: — Regulation 2 — Offences relating to being bribed A person (“R”) is guilty of an offence if any of the following cases applies. Case 3 is where R requests… - **Short title**: — Regulation 20 — Short title This Act may be cited as the Bribery Act 2010. - **Bribery of foreign public officials**: — Regulation 6 — Bribery of foreign public officials A person (“P”) who bribes a foreign public official (“F”) is guilty of an offence if P's intention is to… - **Defence for certain bribery offences etc.**: — Regulation 13 — Defence for certain bribery offences etc. It is a defence for a person charged with a relevant bribery offence to prove that the person's… - **Function or activity to which bribe relates**: — Regulation 3 — Function or activity to which bribe relates For the purposes of this Act a function or activity is a relevant function or activity if— it… - **Offences under this Act: territorial application**: — Regulation 12 — Offences under this Act: territorial application An offence is committed under section 1, 2 or 6 in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern… - **Improper performance to which bribe relates**: — Regulation 4 — Improper performance to which bribe relates For the purposes of this Act a relevant function or activity— is performed improperly if it is… - **Offences of bribing another person**: — Regulation 1 — Offences of bribing another person A person (“P”) is guilty of an offence if either of the following cases applies. Case 1 is where— P offers… - **Meaning of associated person**: — Regulation 8 — Meaning of associated person For the purposes of section 7, a person (“A”) is associated with C if (disregarding any bribe under… - **Application to Crown**: — Regulation 16 — Application to Crown This Act applies to individuals in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other individuals. - **Offences under section 7 by partnerships**: — Regulation 15 — Offences under section 7 by partnerships Proceedings for an offence under section 7 alleged to have been committed by a partnership must be… - **Failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery**: — Regulation 7 — Failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery (4) were omitted. See section 8 for the meaning of a person associated with C and see… - **Consent to prosecution**: — Regulation 10 — Consent to prosecution (6) apply instead of any other provisions which would otherwise have enabled any function of the Director of Public… - **Defence for certain bribery offences etc.**: — Regulation 13 — Defence for certain bribery offences etc. (1)(a) or (b), would be an offence under section 1. In this section— “active service” means service… - **Consequential provision**: — Regulation 17 — Consequential provision (9), a statutory instrument containing an order of the Scottish Ministers under this section may not be made unless a… - **Bribery of foreign public officials**: — Regulation 6 — Bribery of foreign public officials of any of the above. For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), the written law applicable to F is— where the… - **Offences under this Act: territorial application**: — Regulation 12 — Offences under this Act: territorial application (2)(c) a person has a close connection with the United Kingdom if, and only if, the person… - **Consequential provision**: — Regulation 17 — Consequential provision (6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954). In this section— “devolved legislation” means an Act of the… --- Consilena is a software provider, not a law firm. AI output is not legal advice: consult a licensed lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction. Page: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/ksrc_vwka46y35fxa0zcy. Index of every page: https://consilena.com/llms.txt.