Legislation – The Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme (English and Welsh Schemes) (Excluded Benefits for Tax Purposes) Regulations 2020

Benefits excluded from charge under Chapter 2 of Part 6 of ITEPA 20032.

A lump sum is prescribed for the purposes of section 393B(3)(d) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (prescribed benefits to be excluded benefits for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of that Act) where it is paid pursuant to either of the following—

(a)

the National Health Service and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance (England) Scheme 20203; or

(b)

the National Health Service and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance (Wales) Scheme 20204.
3

This scheme was established on 20th May 2020 and is available on the website of the NHS Business Services Authority at
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2020-05/NHSandSocialCareCLAS2020_SchemeRulesEngland.pdf
. Hard copies of the scheme are available on request from the Department of Health and Social Care, Area 2NE, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.

4

This scheme was established on 17th June 2020 and the rules of the scheme will be available on the website of the NHS Business Services Authority at
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/
. Hard copies are available on request from the Department for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.