Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

109 Bribery and corruption committed outside the UKE+W+N.I.

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(1)This section applies if—

(a)a national of the United Kingdom or a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom does anything in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)the act would, if done in the United Kingdom, constitute a corruption offence (as defined below).

(2)In such a case—

(a)the act constitutes the offence concerned, and

(b)proceedings for the offence may be taken in the United Kingdom.

(3)These are corruption offences—

(a)any common law offence of bribery;

(b)the offences under section 1 of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (c. 69) (corruption in office);

(c)the first two offences under section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (c. 34) (bribes obtained by or given to agents).

(4)A national of the United Kingdom is an individual who is—

(a)a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

(b)a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject, or

(c)a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.