126.— F127[(1) Subject to section 139(4) and subsection (2)], a liable person who proposes to sell a residential property shall, before the completion of the sale of the property, pay to the Revenue Commissioners any local property tax, penalties imposed under this Act and accrued interest which is due and payable in respect of that property.

F128[(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), local property tax in relation to a relevant residential property shall be paid notwithstanding that a sale of the property is completed before that tax is payable in accordance with section 119(1A) (inserted by the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2013).]