Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

[F1 519A Health service bodies. U.K.

(1) A health service body—

(a) shall be exempt from income tax in respect of its income, and

(b) shall be exempt from corporation tax,

and, so far as the exemption from income tax conferred by this subsection calls for repayment of tax, effect shall be given thereto by means of a claim.

(2) In this section “health service body” means—

[F2 (a) a [F3 Strategic Health Authority or a] Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

(aa) a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of that Act;]

[F4 (ab) a Primary Care Trust;]

[F5 (aba) a Local Health Board;]

(b) a National Health Service trust established under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

[F6 (bb) an NHS foundation trust]

(c) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) a Health Board or Special Health Board, the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service and a National Health Service trust respectively constituted under sections 2, 10 and 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(e) a State Hospital Management Committee constituted under section 91 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;

(f) the Dental Practice Board;

(g) the Scottish Dental Practice Board; F8 . . .

(h) the Public Health Laboratory Service Board;

[F9 (i) a Health and Social Services Board and the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services established under Articles 16 and 26 respectively of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

(j) a special health and social services agency established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990; and

(k) a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.]

[F10 (3) The Treasury may by order disapply subsection (1)(b) in relation to a specified activity, or class of activity, of an NHS foundation trust.

(4) An order under subsection (3) shall make provision for determining the amount of the profits relating to an activity that are to be charged to corporation tax as a result of the disapplication of subsection (1)(b).

(5) An order under subsection (3) may, in particular—

(a) make provision for disregarding profits of less than a specified amount in respect of a financial year or accounting period or a specified part of a financial year or accounting period;

(b) make provision for disregarding a specified part of profits in respect of a financial year or accounting period or a specified part of a financial year or accounting period;

(c) make provision for disregarding all or part of profits relating to activity in respect of which receipts or turnover (as defined by the order) are less than a specified amount in respect of a financial year or accounting period or a specified part of a financial year or accounting period.

(6) An order under subsection (3)—

(a) may apply, with or without modification, a provision of the Tax Acts,

(b) may disapply a provision of the Tax Acts,

(c) may make provision similar to a provision of the Tax Acts, and

(d) may make provision generally or in relation to a specified body or class of bodies.

(7) The Treasury may make an order under subsection (3) only—

(a) in relation to an activity or class of activity that appears to the Treasury to be of a commercial nature,

(b) where it appears to the Treasury to be expedient for the purpose of avoiding, removing or reducing differences between—

(i) the fiscal treatment of the body undertaking the activity, and

(ii) the fiscal treatment of another body or class of body which is of a commercial nature and which undertakes or might undertake the same or a similar activity, and

(c) if a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the House of Commons.

(8) An activity authorised under section 14(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 shall not be treated as an activity of a commercial nature for the purposes of subsection (7)(a).]]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 519A inserted (17.9.1990) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), ss. 61(1), 67(2); S.I. 1990/1329, art. 2(5)(a), Sch. 2

F2 S. 519A(2)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 519A(2)(a) (1.4.1996) by Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), s. 2(3), Sch. 1 para. 114(a) (with Sch. 2)

F3 Words in s. 519A(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2002) by The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 14

F4 S. 519A(2)(ab) inserted (1.4.2000 for E.W. and 11.5.2001 otherwise) by Health Act 1999 (c. 8), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 73; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(4)(b)(i); S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(4)

F5 S. 519A(2)(aba) inserted (10.10.2002 for W., otherwise prosp.) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 42(3), Sch. 5 para. 27; S.I. 2005/2352, art. 2, Sch.

F6 S. 519A(2)(bb) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 33(1), 199(1); S.I. 2004/759, art. 2

F7 S. 519A(2)(c) repealed (1.4.1996) by Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), s. 2(3), Sch. 1 para. 114(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)

F8 Word in s. 519A(2)(g) repealed by S.I. 1991/195, art. 6

F9 S. 519A(2)(i) (j) (k) added by S.I. 1991/195, art. 6

F10 S. 519A(3)-(8) added (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 148