Jersey has its own legal system and is a separate jurisdiction from that of England and Wales. To combat bribery and corruption, it enacted the Corruption (Jersey) Law 2006 (the “Corruption Law”),
which came into force in March 2007. However, the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), which came into force on 1 July 2011, is not only capable of extra-territorial effect but is also
shaping current market practice and expectations in Jersey.
Corruption Law
The aim of the Corruption Law was to introduce comprehensive measures to combat bribery and corruption both domestically and internationally. A “start from scratch” approach was adopted,
abolishing the customary law offence of bribery and certain existing statutory offences so that all such offences are dealt with by one statute.
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