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What legislation has replaced sections 108 and 109 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001?

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Published on: 15 March 2018
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Effect of sections 108 and 109 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

Sections 108 and 109 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ACSA 2001) were passed to expressly give extra territorial effect to the common law corruption offence and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Acts.

ACSA 2001, s 108:

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    provided that for the purposes of any common law offence of bribery, it was ‘immaterial if the functions of the person who receives or is offered a reward have no connection with the UK and are carried out in a country of territory outside the UK.’

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    amended the section 1 offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (PCA 1906) to enable the offence to be committed even where the principle’s affairs or business (or the agent’s functions) did not have any connection to the UK or were conducted outside of the UK

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    amended the definition of public body under section 7 of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (PBCPA 1889) to include

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