Finance Act, 1996

Amendment of section 31 (interest payments by companies and to non-residents) of Finance Act, 1974.

33.—(1) Section 31 of the Finance Act, 1974 , is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (cc) (inserted by the Finance Act, 1988 ) of subsection (3) of the following:

“(cc) interest paid to a person whose usual place of abode is outside the State by—

(i) a company in the course of carrying on relevant trading operations within the meaning of section 39A (inserted by the Finance Act, 1981 ) or section 39B (inserted by the Finance Act, 1987 ) of the Finance Act, 1980 , or

(ii) a specified collective investment undertaking within the meaning of section 18 (as amended by section 35 of the Finance Act, 1996) of the Finance Act, 1989 ,

or”.

(2) This section shall apply and have effect as on and from the 28th day of March, 1996.