Valid from 28/07/2000
(1)Section 200E shall not apply to any expenditure incurred in respect of—
(a)the costs of any education or training provided to the employee, or
(b)any related costs,
unless the expenditure is incurred in giving effect to fair-opportunity arrangements that were in place at the time when the employer agreed to incur the expenditure.
In this subsection “”, in relation to any education or training provided to the employee, has the meaning given by section 200E(3).
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above “fair-opportunity arrangements” are in place at any time if at that time arrangements are in place that provide—
(a)for the making of contributions by the employer to costs arising from qualifying education or training being undertaken by persons who hold, or have held, an office or employment under the employer, and
(b)for such contributions to be generally available, on similar terms, to the persons who at that time hold an office or employment under the employer.
In this subsection “qualifying education or training” has the same meaning as in section 200E.
(3)The Treasury may by regulations make provision specifying the persons or other entities under whom Crown servants are to be treated for the purposes of this section as holding office or employment; and such regulations may—
(a)deem a description of Crown servants (or two or more such descriptions taken together) to be an entity for the purposes of the regulations;
(b)make different provision for different descriptions of Crown servants.
In this subsection “Crown servant” means a person holding an office or employment under the Crown.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 200E-200H, 200J inserted (with application in accordance with s. 58(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 58(1)