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[John G Walker]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:59:20 +0000 (GMT) Jason Clifford
<jason at ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, t.clarke wrote:
> 
> > where do you get those tax free allowance figures from ?
> > 
> > I'd love a 13,000 a year tax-free allowance  :-)
> 
> The total tax free allowances for a person aged 65-74 is 13345 on the 
> standard allowance basis and 5035 for a person aged below 65.
> 
> That's based upon various age based allowances and credits. The
> important thing is that they are specifically age based which seems
> to be clear discrimination on the basis of age alone.
> 
> Jason

The laws on discrimination specifically do not apply to Acts of
Parliament. So laws cannot, by definition, be "discriminatory" in the
legal sense.

Of course, if you're going to take the common sense approach....

-- 
 All the best,
 John
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