I move
(1) That, in relation to any payment made on or after the 1st day of March, 1976, section 17 of the Finance Act, 1970 (No. 14 of 1970), be amended—
(a) by the substitution in subsection (2) for "such payment" of—
"such payment, unless the sub-contractor produces to him a certificate, issued by the Revenue Commissioners under subsection (7), having affixed to it a seal which bears the words, `Authenticated by Inspector of Taxes' and is authenticated after the 28th day of January, 1976, by the signature of an inspector of taxes", and
(b) by the deletion in subsection (7) of the words from "on production thereof" to the end of the subsection and the substitution therefor of "if it is produced by him to a principal and has affixed to it a seal that complies with subsection (2), entitle him to receive without deduction of tax any payment which is made to him by the principal".
(2) It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).