Finance Act 2005

Amendment of Chapter 1 (payments in respect of professional services by certain persons) of Part 18 of, and Schedule 13 to, Principal Act.

15.—(1) Chapter 1 of Part 18 of the Principal Act is amended in section 520(1) in the definition of “relevant payment”—

(a) in paragraph (ii) by substituting “section,” for “section, and”,

(b) in paragraph (iii) by substituting “payment, and” for “payment;”, and

(c) by inserting the following after paragraph (iii):

“(iv) a payment by one accountable person to—

(I) another accountable person being a person whose income is exempt from corporation tax or is disregarded for the purposes of the Tax Acts, or

(II) a body which has been granted an exemption from tax for the purposes of section 207;”.

(2) Schedule 13 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting “13. Public Appointments Service.” for paragraph 13,

(b) by substituting “35. Dublin Airport Authority public limited company.” for paragraph 35,

(c) by deleting paragraph 87,

(d) by inserting the following after paragraph 143 (inserted by the Finance Act 2004 ):

“144. National Treatment Purchase Fund Board.

145. The Mental Health Commission.

146. Crisis Pregnancy Agency.

147. Commission on Electronic Voting.

148. Irish Medicines Board.

149. National Educational Welfare Board.

150. Oifig Choimisinéir na dTeangacha Oifigiúla.

151. The Health Service Executive.

152. Commission for Public Service Appointments.

153. Commission for Taxi Regulation.”.

(3) (a) Subsection (1) comes into operation with effect as on and from the passing of this Act.

(b) Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall be deemed to have come into force and shall take effect as on and from 19 October 2004.

(c) Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) shall be deemed to have come into force and shall take effect as on and from 1 October 2004.

(d) Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) shall be deemed to have come into force and shall take effect as on and from 1 January 2005.

(e) Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) comes into operation on 1 May 2005.