249A   Definitions

In this Part:

agent includes:

(a)  any person employed by, or acting for or on behalf of, any other person (who in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal) in any capacity,

(b)  any person purporting to be, or intending to become, an agent of any other person (who in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal), and

(c)  any person serving under the Crown (which in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal), and

(d)  a police officer (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the Crown), and

(e)  a councillor within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the local council of which the person is a councillor).

benefit includes money and any contingent benefit.