{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-earnings-and-pensions-act-2003/section-640",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/1",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-earnings-and-pensions-act-2003",
  "path": "section/640",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "640",
  "heading": "Exemption under section 639 where income withheld",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(a) an individual is entitled to both of the following—\n(i) a pension or allowance mentioned in section 639 (“pension A”), and\n(ii) any other pension or allowance (“pension B”), and\n(b) the whole or a part of pension A is withheld because of the individual’s entitlement to pension B.\n(2) In such a case, an amount of pension B equal to the withheld amount of pension A is treated for the purposes of section 639 as part of pension A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1/section/640",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:42.395488+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}