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Section 2 Contracting States, etc.C1

(1)

If Her Majesty by Order in Council certified to the following effect, that is to say, that for the purposes of the Rules—

(a)

a State specified in the Order is a contracting State, or is a contracting State in respect of any place or territory so specified; or

(b)

any place or territory specified in the Order forms part of a State so specified (whether a contracting State or not),

the Order shall, except so far as it has been superseded by a subsequent Order, be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.

(2)

An Order in Council under this Section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

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C1

S. 2 modified by Merchant Shipping Act (c. 10, SIF 111), s. 2(6)