Section 813 | Meaning of “disregarded income”

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter income arising to a non-UK resident is “disregarded income” if it is—

(a)disregarded savings and investment income (see section 825),

(b)disregarded annual payments (see section 826),

(c)disregarded pension income,

(d)disregarded social security income,

(e)disregarded transaction income (see section 814), or

(f)income of such other description as the Treasury may by regulations designate for the purposes of this section.

(2)But income in relation to which the non-UK resident has a UK representative for the purposes of Chapter 2B is not disregarded income.^F1

(3)Income is “disregarded pension income” if it is chargeable under Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 (pension income) because any of the following provisions of that Act applies to it—

section 577 (UK social security pensions),

section 579A (pensions under registered pension schemes) (but see subsection (4) below),

section 609 (annuities for the benefit of dependants),

section 610 (annuities under non-registered occupational pension schemes), or

section 611 (annuities in recognition of another's services).

(4)Income chargeable under Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 because section 579A of that Act applies to it is disregarded pension income only if the registered pension scheme in question—

(a)falls within paragraph 1(1)(f) of Schedule 36 to FA 2004, and

(b)was, immediately before 6 April 2006, a retirement annuity contract to which section 605 of ITEPA 2003 applied.

(5)Income is “disregarded social security income” if—

(a)it is a taxable benefit listed in Table A in section 660 of ITEPA 2003, other than income support or jobseeker's allowance, and

(b)it is chargeable under Part 10 of that Act (social security income).