The Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) applies to any business that is incorporated or trades in the UK. It covers bribery committed by the organisation, or on its behalf, anywhere in the world. This subtopic sets out the regulatory regime relating to anti-bribery and corruption.
BA 2010 contains four offences:
bribing another person
soliciting or accepting a bribe
bribing a foreign public official
(for a business) failing to prevent bribery
Common to each of these is that:
an advantage is given, promised or requested, and
a function or activity is performed improperly
This offence occurs when A offers or gives to B an advantage:
intending to bring about or reward improper performance of a relevant function or activity, or
where A knows or believes that B's accepting the advantage would itself constitute improper performance of a relevant function or activity
In this respect:
it does not matter whether the advantage is offered or given to the person performing the activity and whether it is offered directly or indirectly
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