(1)No liability to income tax arises by virtue of—
(a)the provision for an employee of work-related training or any benefit incidental to such training, or
(b)the payment or reimbursement to or in respect of an employee of—
(i)the cost of work-related training or of any benefit incidental to such training, or
(ii)any costs of a kind specified in subsection (2) in respect of such training.
(2)The costs are—
(a)costs which are incidental to the employee undertaking the training,
(b)expenses incurred in connection with an examination or other assessment of what the employee has gained from the training, and
(c)the cost of obtaining any qualification, registration or award to which the employee becomes or may become entitled as a result of the training or such an examination or other assessment.