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Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

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295A Travel expenses of members of local authorities etc

(1) No liability to income tax arises in respect of a qualifying payment made to a member of a relevant authority for travel expenses incurred by the member if— (a) the payment is for expenses other than those related to the member's use of a vehicle to which Chapter 2 applies, and (b) the expenses are not excluded by subsection (2). (2) Expenses are excluded by this subsection if— (a) they are incurred on a journey between the member's home and permanent workplace, and (b) the member's home is situated more than 20 miles outside the boundary of the area of the relevant authority. (3) In this section “permanent workplace” has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 339). (4) The Treasury may by regulations— (a) provide for bodies specified in the regulations (which must be local authorities or bodies that have similar or related functions or purposes) to be relevant authorities for the purposes of this section, (b) provide for references in this section to a member of a relevant authority to be read as references to a member of a description prescribed in the regulations, and (c) define what is meant by “qualifying payment” for the purposes of this section. (5) The regulations may contain transitional provision and savings.

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295A Travel expenses of members of local authorities etc

(1) No liability to income tax arises in respect of a qualifying payment made to a member of a relevant authority for travel expenses incurred by the member if— (a) the payment is for expenses other than those related to the member's use of a vehicle to which Chapter 2 applies, and (b) the expenses are not excluded by subsection (2). (2) Expenses are excluded by this subsection if— (a) they are incurred on a journey between the member's home and permanent workplace, and (b) the member's home is situated more than 20 miles outside the boundary of the area of the relevant authority. (3) In this section “permanent workplace” has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 339). (4) The Treasury may by regulations— (a) provide for bodies specified in the regulations (which must be local authorities or bodies that have similar or related functions or purposes) to be relevant authorities for the purposes of this section, (b) provide for references in this section to a member of a relevant authority to be read as references to a member of a description prescribed in the regulations, and (c) define what is meant by “qualifying payment” for the purposes of this section. (5) The regulations may contain transitional provision and savings.

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