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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

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771 Relevant foreign income of consular officers and employees

(1) No liability to income tax arises in respect of relevant foreign income of a consular officer or employee in the United Kingdom for a foreign state if— (a) Her Majesty by Order in Council directs that this section applies to the foreign state for the purpose of giving effect to a reciprocal arrangement with that state, and (b) the officer or employee meets conditions A to C. (2) Condition A is that the officer or employee is not— (a) a British citizen, (b) a British overseas territories citizen, (c) a British National (Overseas), or (d) a British Overseas citizen. (3) Condition B is that the officer or employee is not engaged in any trade, profession, vocation or employment in the United Kingdom, otherwise than as a consular officer or employee of the state in question. (4) Condition C is that— (a) the officer or employee is a permanent employee of that state, or (b) the officer or employee was non-UK resident for each of the 2 tax years preceding the tax year in which the officer or employee became a consular officer or employee in the United Kingdom of that state. (5) In this section and section 772— “consular officer or employee” includes any person employed for the purposes of the official business of a consular officer at— any consulate, any consular establishment, or any other premises used for those purposes, and “reciprocal arrangement” means a consular convention or other arrangement with a foreign state, making similar provision to that made by this section and sections 302, 646A and 681A of ITEPA 2003 in the case of Her Majesty's consular officers or employees in that state.

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771 Relevant foreign income of consular officers and employees

(1) No liability to income tax arises in respect of relevant foreign income of a consular officer or employee in the United Kingdom for a foreign state if— (a) Her Majesty by Order in Council directs that this section applies to the foreign state for the purpose of giving effect to a reciprocal arrangement with that state, and (b) the officer or employee meets conditions A to C. (2) Condition A is that the officer or employee is not— (a) a British citizen, (b) a British overseas territories citizen, (c) a British National (Overseas), or (d) a British Overseas citizen. (3) Condition B is that the officer or employee is not engaged in any trade, profession, vocation or employment in the United Kingdom, otherwise than as a consular officer or employee of the state in question. (4) Condition C is that— (a) the officer or employee is a permanent employee of that state, or (b) the officer or employee was non-UK resident for each of the 2 tax years preceding the tax year in which the officer or employee became a consular officer or employee in the United Kingdom of that state. (5) In this section and section 772— “consular officer or employee” includes any person employed for the purposes of the official business of a consular officer at— any consulate, any consular establishment, or any other premises used for those purposes, and “reciprocal arrangement” means a consular convention or other arrangement with a foreign state, making similar provision to that made by this section and sections 302, 646A and 681A of ITEPA 2003 in the case of Her Majesty's consular officers or employees in that state.

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