7.—In this Act—

The expression F5[‘public office’ means any office or employment of a person as an office holder or special adviser or as a director of, or occupier of a position of employment in, a public body;]

F5[‘director’, ‘office holder’, ‘public body’ and ‘special adviser’ have the meanings assigned to them by the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995:]

The expression “person” includes a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate:

The expression “advantage” includes any office or dignity, and any forbearance to demand any money or money’s worth or valuable thing, and includes any aid, vote, consent, or influence, or pretended aid, vote, consent, or influence, and also includes any promise or procurement of or agreement or endeavour to procure, or the holding out of any expectation of any gift, loan, fee, reward, or advantage, as before defined.