7. Benefit-in-kind charge: relief for bicycles.
(1) Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) in section 118 by inserting the following after subsection (5F):
"(5G)(a) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, subsection (1) shall not apply to expense of up to €1,000 incurred by the body corporate in, or in connection with, the provision for a director or employee of a bicycle or bicycle safety equipment, where— |
(i) the bicycle and bicycle safety equipment provided is unused and not second-hand, |
(ii) the director or employee uses the bicycle or bicycle safety equipment, or the bicycle and the bicycle safety equipment, as the case may be, mainly for qualifying journeys, and |
(iii) bicycles or bicycle safety equipment, or bicycles and bicycle safety equipment, as the case may be, are made available generally to directors and employees of the body corporate. |
(b) In this subsection— |
‘ bicycle ' means a pedal cycle; |
‘ bicycle safety equipment ' includes— |
(i) bicycle bells and bulb horns, |
(ii) bicycle helmets that conform to European product safety standard CEN/EN 1078, |
(iii) bicycle lights, including dynamo packs, |
(iv) bicycle reflectors and reflective clothing, and |
(v) such other safety equipment as the Revenue Commissioners may allow; |