Section 664 | Short-term incapacity benefit not payable at the higher rate

(1)No liability to income tax arises on short-term incapacity benefit unless it is payable at the higher rate.

(2)In this section—

(a)“short-term incapacity benefit” means incapacity benefit payable under—

(i)section 30A(1) of SSCBA 1992, or

(ii)section 30A(1) of SSCB(NI)A 1992;

(b)the reference to short-term incapacity benefit payable at the higher rate is to be construed in accordance with—

(i)section 30B of SSCBA 1992, or

(ii)section 30B of SSCB(NI)A 1992.