(1) An authorised withholding agent which is to receive, on behalf of other persons, any relevant distributions to be made to it by any company resident in the State, either directly or through one or more than one recognised qualifying intermediary, shall notify that company or that recognised qualifying intermediary, as the case may be, by way of notice in writing, that it is an authorised withholding agent in relation to those distributions.
(2) Where an authorised withholding agent receives, on behalf of another person, a relevant distribution from a company resident in the State, either directly or through one or more than one recognised qualifying intermediary, and gives that distribution, or an amount or other asset representing that distribution, to that other person, this Chapter shall apply, with any necessary modifications, as if -
(a) the authorised withholding agent were the company which made the distribution, and
(b) the giving by the authorised withholding agent of the
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