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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 July 2011 - onwards
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3. Function or activity to which bribe relates

(1) For the purposes of this Act a function or activity is a relevant function or activity if -

(a) it falls within subsection (2), and

(b) meets one or more of conditions A to C.

(2) The following functions and activities fall within this subsection -

(a) any function of a public nature,

(b) any activity connected with a business,

(c) any activity performed in the course of a person's employment,

(d) any activity performed by or on behalf of a body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate).

(3) Condition A is that a person performing the function or activity is expected to perform it in good faith.

(4) Condition B is that a person performing the function or activity is expected to perform it impartially.

(5) Condition C is that a person performing the function or activity is in a position of trust by virtue of performing it.

(6) A function or activity is a relevant function or activity even if it -

(a) has no connection with the United Kingdom, and

(b) is performed in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.