Section 7

A relevant commercial organisation (“C”) is guilty of an offence under this section if a person (“A”) associated with C bribes another person intending— to obtain or retain business for C, or to obtain or retain an advantage in the conduct of business for C. But it is a defence for C to prove that C had in place adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated with C from undertaking such conduct. For the purposes of this section, A bribes another person if, and only if, A— is, or would be, guilty of an offence under section 1 or 6 (whether or not A has been prosecuted for such an offence), or would be guilty of such an offence if section 12(2)(c) and (4) were omitted. See section 8 for the meaning of a person associated with C and see section 9 for a duty on the Secretary of State to publish guidance. In this section— and, for the purposes of this section, a trade or profession is a business. “partnership” means— or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890, or a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, “relevant commercial organisation” means— a body which is incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and which carries on a business (whether there or elsewhere), any other body corporate (wherever incorporated) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom, a partnership which is formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and which carries on a business (whether there or elsewhere), or any other partnership (wherever formed) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom,

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04