(1) An * amalgamated company must pay the GST payable on a * taxable supply if:
(a) apart from the * amalgamation, the GST would have been payable by any of the * amalgamating companies; and
(b) the GST was not attributable, before the amalgamation, to a tax period applying to the amalgamating company.
(2) This section has effect despite section 9 - 40 (which is about liability for GST).