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2014 No. 3227 Income Tax The Income Tax (Recommended Medical Treatment) Regulations 2014 Made 9th December 2014 Laid before the House of Commons 10th December 2014 Coming into force 1st January 2015 The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 320C(3)(c), (4) and (7) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
Propose a changeThese Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Recommended Medical Treatment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st January 2015.
Propose a changeIn these Regulations “health care professional” means— (a) a registered medical practitioner; (b) a registered nurse; or (c) an occupational therapist, physiotherapist or psychologist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999 (regulation of health professions, social workers, other care workers etc.).
Propose a changeThe requirements set out in regulations 4 and 5 are the other specified requirements that a recommendation for medical treatment is required to meet for the purpose of section 320C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
Propose a change(1) A recommendation for medical treatment can only be given after the employee has been— (a) assessed by a health care professional as unfit for work for at least 28 consecutive days; or (b) absent from work due to injury or ill health for at least 28 consecutive days. (2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(a), an assessment that an employee is unfit for work includes an assessment that the employee may be fit for work subject to the employer making arrangements to enable the employee to return to work, providing that the employee does not return to work before a recommendation for medical treatment is made.
Propose a changeA recommendation for medical treatment is required to be made by a health care professional and— (a) be in writing; (b) be provided to the employee and employer; and (c) specify the medical treatment that is recommended.
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