2.  It is hereby declared—

(a) that the arrangements specified in the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order, which vary the arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Netherlands) Order 1980(1) as amended by the arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Netherlands) Order 1983(2), have been made with the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax and taxes of a similar character imposed by the laws of the Netherlands; and

(b) that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect.

(1)

S.I. 1980/1961.

(2)

S.I. 1983/1902.