Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9: power to amend conferred (17.12.2014) by Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 (c. 30), s. 4(3)
C2Pt. 9 excluded by 2004 c. 12, Sch. 36 para. 45A(1) (as inserted (26.3.2015) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 4 para. 19)
C3Pt. 9 modified (6.4.2023) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/113), regs. 1(2), 23(2), 24(2), 26(2), 28(2) (with reg. 1(3))
C4Pt. 9 modified (14.9.2023) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/912), regs. 1(2), 9(2), 11(2), 16(2) (with reg. 1(3))
C5Pt. 9 modified (31.10.2023) by The Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Member Payments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1012), regs. 1, 4
(1)No liability to income tax arises on a pension paid under the authority of the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act 1955 (c. 22) if the foreign residence condition is met.
(2)A pension is paid under the authority of the 1955 Act if—
(a)the pension is paid under the 1955 Act as it has effect (by reason of section 2(3) of OPA 1973) as a scheme under section 2 of OPA 1973, or
(b)the pension is paid under a scheme which the Secretary of State—
(i)has made under section 2(1) of OPA 1973, and
(ii)has certified to correspond to the provision made under the 1955 Act.
(3)This section does not apply to any part of a pension paid because the Pensions (Increase) Acts apply to it.
(4)In this section—
“the 1955 Act” means the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act 1955 (c. 22);
“certified” means certified for the purposes of ICTA 1970, ICTA or this Act;
“the Pensions (Increase) Acts” means—
the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), and
any Act passed after that Act for purposes which correspond to the purposes of that Act.