Finance Act 1981

30 Sick pay

(1) Where a person holding an employment is absent from work for any period by reason of sickness or disability, any sums which—

(a) are paid to, or to the order or for the benefit of, that person (or a member of his family or household) in respect of his absence from work as aforesaid ; and

(b) are, by reason of his employment, paid as a result of any arrangements entered into by his employer,

shall be chargeable to income tax under Schedule E as emoluments of the employment for that period if, apart from this section, they would not be so chargeable for that or any other period.

(2) Where the funds for making payments under any arrangements are attributable partly to contributions made by the employer and partly to contributions made by the persons employed by him subsection (1) above shall apply only to such part of the sums paid as a result of the arrangements as it is just and reasonable to regard as attributable to the employer's contributions.

(3) Section 61 of the [1976 c. 40.] Finance Act 1976 (taxation of benefits in kind) shall not apply to any benefit consisting of the right to receive, or the prospect of receiving, any sums which would be chargeable to tax in accordance with subsection (1) above.

(4) In this section " employment " means an office or employment whose emoluments fall to be assessed under Schedule E and related expressions shall be construed accordingly; and the reference to a person's family or household is to his spouse, his sons and daughters and their spouses, his parents and his dependants.

(5) This section has effect—

(a) in the case of sums not falling within paragraph (b) below, for the year 1982-83 and subsequent years of assessment;

(b) in the case of sums paid as a result of arrangements in force on 4th June 1981 for the year 1983-84 and subsequent years of assessment.