- Enforced by
- SFO
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 4 of 6 obligations carry imprisonment (10 years). 1 carries different penalties and 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
- Offer or give a bribe to induce improper performanceAny Person
- Accept or solicit a bribe (passive bribery)Any Person
- Bribe a foreign public officialAny Person
- Fail to prevent bribery by associated personsAny Person
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Intelligence and Armed Forces heads must maintain anti-bribery arrangementsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Corporate liability for bribery with senior officer consentDirector or Officer
14 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
0 of 16 shown16 other schedules
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Manage your export compliance
Ongoing compliance for established exporters - export controls, sanctions, bribery prevention, and regulatory requirements
Managing export business risk and corruption
UK Bribery Act compliance, due diligence on overseas buyers, political risk assessment, and IP protection abroad.
2 more guides that reference this instrument
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.