What are the main effects of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001?
87. Measures to combat international corruption which were enacted in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 are now in force. The measures outlaw acts of bribery by UK nationals and companies abroad in the same circumstances as they are outlawed here. They amend the existing law to: • put beyond doubt that the law of bribery applies to acts involving foreign office holders, including Ministers, MPs and judges; and • give jurisdiction to the English Courts over crimes of bribery committed by UK nationals and UK companies to those acts committed here and overseas.
