(1) Subject to subsection (2), this section applies to a person in relation to whom the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that the person -
(a) is or is about to become a subcontractor engaged in the business of carrying out relevant operations,
(b) carries on or will carry on business from a fixed place established in a permanent building and has or will have such equipment, stock and other facilities as in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners are required for the purposes of the business,
(c) properly and accurately keeps and will keep any business records to which section 886(2) refers and any other records normally kept in connection with such a business,
(d) has throughout the previous 3 years complied substantially with the obligations imposed by the Tax Acts, the Capital Gains Tax Acts and the Value-Added Tax Acts,
(e) in the case of a person who was resident outside the State at some time during the previous 3 years, has throughout that period complied with the obligation
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