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44Treatment of workers supplied by agencies
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(1)This section applies if—

(a)an individual (“the worker”) personally provides, or is under an obligation personally to provide, services (which are not excluded services) to another person (“the client”),

(b)the services are supplied by or through a third person (“the agency”) under the terms of an agency contract,

(c)the worker is subject to (or to the right of) supervision, direction or control as to the manner in which the services are provided, and

(d)remuneration receivable under or in consequence of the agency contract does not constitute employment income of the worker apart from this Chapter.

(2)If this section applies—

(a)the services which the worker provides, or is obliged to provide, to the client under the agency contract are to be treated for income tax purposes as duties of an employment held by the worker with the agency, and

(b)all remuneration receivable under or in consequence of the agency contract (including remuneration which the client pays or provides in relation to the services) is to be treated for income tax purposes as earnings from that employment.

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