 Under Section 16 , the Act applies to servants of the crown , while Section 17 repeals all previous common law and statutory offences relating to bribery , replacing them with provisions of the Act . Section 18 provides that the Act applies to England and Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland ; while the separate consent of the Scottish Parliament is usually required in such cases , as is made clear in Section 19 , a Legislative Consent Motion was passed on 11 February 2010 , allowing for the application of the Act within Scotland . 
