Section 70 Employees seconded to charities and educational establishments

(1) This section applies if a person carrying on a trade (“the employer”) makes the services of a person employed for the purposes of the trade available to—

(a) a charity, or

(b) an educational establishment,

on a basis that is stated and intended to be temporary.

(2) In calculating the profits of the trade, a deduction is allowed for expenses of the employer that are attributable to the employee’s employment during the period of the secondment.

(3) In this section—

“educational establishment” means—

(a) in England and Wales, any of the bodies mentioned in section 71(1),

(b) in Scotland, any of the bodies mentioned in section 71(2),

(c) in Northern Ireland, any of the bodies mentioned in section 71(3), and

(d) any other educational body which is for the time being approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State or, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Education, and

“the period of the secondment” means the period for which the employee’s services are made available to the charity or educational establishment.