BRIBERY ACT 2010
The Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011.
Under the Bribery Act 2010, it is, broadly speaking, an offence:
- to bribe another person, i.e. to offer, promise or give a financial or other advantage to another person, including both private persons and public officials, with the intention of inducing that person to perform improperly a relevant function or activity; or
- to request, agree to receive or accept a financial or other advantage from someone else, intending that you should perform a relevant function or activity improperly, or as a reward for doing so; or
- to bribe a foreign public official; or
- for a company to fail to prevent any person associated with the company from engaging in bribery in the business interests of the company, where the company cannot prove that it had adequate procedures in place designed to prevent bribes being paid.
SAF Anti Bribery Policy
SAF and its subsidiary companies prohibit the following behaviour by any employee, agent or other person or body acting for or on behalf of the Group: offering, promising or giving, or requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting, any financial or other advantage, to or from any person or company, wherever they are situated and whether they are a public official or body or a private person or company, in any way which is unethical or which could amount to an offence by SAF, any of its subsidiaries or any other body or individual, under the Bribery Act 2010.
If you have any questions regarding our Anti Bribery Policy, please contact us at dorking@singersaf.co.uk and we will be happy to help.