(1) Where interest or royalties are received by a company resident in the State from an associated company, credit shall be allowed for any withholding tax charged on the interest or royalties by a Member State pursuant to the derogations duly given from Article 6 of the Directive against corporation tax in respect of such interest and royalties to the extent that credit for such withholding tax would not otherwise be so allowed.
(2) Where by virtue of subsection (1) a company is to be allowed credit for tax payable under the laws of a Member State other than the State, Schedule 24 shall apply for the purposes of that subsection as if that subsection were arrangements providing that the tax so payable shall be allowed as a credit against tax payable in the State.
(3) This section applies without prejudice to a provision of a bilateral agreement.