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Amendment of section 530 (interpretation (Chapter 2)) of Principal Act.
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28.—Section 530 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1):
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(a) by the insertion before the definition of “construction operations” of the following definition:
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“‘certified subcontractor’, in relation to a principal, means a subcontractor—
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(a) in respect of whom the principal holds, at the time of making a payment under a relevant contract to the subcontractor, a relevant payments card for the year in which the payment is made, and
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(b) in respect of whom the principal has not received a notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (13) of section 531;”,
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and
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(b) by the insertion after the definition of “subcontractor” of the following definition:
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“‘uncertified subcontractor’ means a subcontractor who is not a certified subcontractor.”.
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