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          <Strong>Part 3</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/part/3/chapter/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/part/3/chapter/6" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="part-3-chapter-6" RestrictStartDate="2004-10-22"><Number>Chapter 6</Number><Title>The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2007-04-06" ConfersPower="true"><Title>Competitors and staff</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68" id="section-68"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">68</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1" id="section-68-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Treasury may make regulations—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/a" id="section-68-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>exempting specified classes of person from income tax in respect of specified classes of income arising from participation in London Olympic events;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/b" id="section-68-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>providing for specified classes of activity undertaken in connection with London Olympic events to be disregarded for purposes of corporation tax, income tax or capital gains tax;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/c" id="section-68-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>providing for specified classes of activity in connection with London Olympic events to be disregarded in determining for fiscal purposes whether a person has a permanent establishment in the United Kingdom;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/d" id="section-68-1-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>disapplying  <Substitution ChangeId="d29p8095" CommentaryRef="c19544601">the duties to deduct under Chapters 6, 7, 10 and 14 of Part 15 of ITA 2007 (deduction of income tax at source)</Substitution>  in consequence of provision made under paragraphs (a) to (c) above.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2" id="section-68-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The regulations may specify classes of person wholly or partly by reference to—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2/a" id="section-68-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>residence outside the United Kingdom, determined in such manner as the regulations may provide;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/2/b" id="section-68-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>documents issued or authority given by such persons exercising functions in connection with the London Olympics as the regulations may provide.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3" id="section-68-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Regulations under this section—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/a" id="section-68-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may make provision which applies generally or only in specified cases or circumstances,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/b" id="section-68-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may make different provision for different cases or circumstances, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/3/c" id="section-68-3-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may include incidental, consequential or transitional provision.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4" id="section-68-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Regulations under this section—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4/a" id="section-68-4-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>shall be made by statutory instrument, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/4/b" id="section-68-4-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/5" id="section-68-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section  “London Olympic event” and  “the London Olympics” have the meaning given by section 1 of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c19544601" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c00051" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/section/68/1/d" SectionRef="section-68-1-d">s. 68(1)(d)</CitationSubRef> substituted (6.4.2007 with effect as mentioned in s. 1034(1)) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3" id="c00052" Year="2007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="3" Title="Income Tax Act 2007">Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00053" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/1027" CitationRef="c00052" SectionRef="section-1027">ss. 1027</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00054" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/1034" CitationRef="c00052" SectionRef="section-1034">1034</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00055" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/schedule/1/paragraph/614" CitationRef="c00052" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-614" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 614</CitationSubRef> (with transitional provisions and savings in <CitationSubRef id="c00056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/schedule/2" CitationRef="c00052" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>