Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

244 Cycles and cyclist’s safety equipment

(1) No liability to income tax arises by virtue of Chapter 10 of Part 3 (taxable benefits: residual liability to charge) in respect of the provision for an employee of a cycle or cyclist’s safety equipment if conditions A to C are met.

(2) Condition A is that there is no transfer of the property in the cycle or equipment in question.

(3) Condition B is that the employee uses the cycle or equipment in question mainly for qualifying journeys.

(4) Condition C is that cycles are available generally to employees of the employer concerned or, as the case may be, cyclist’s safety equipment is so available to them.

(5) In this section “cycle” has the meaning given by section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), and “cyclist” has a corresponding meaning.