{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1971/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1971/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/19",
  "legislation_title": "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1971",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Contracting States, etc.",
  "text": "(1) If Her Majesty by Order in Council certified to the following effect, that is to say, that for the purposes of the Rules—\n(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\n(b) any place or territory specified in the Order forms part of a State so specified (whether a contracting State or not),\nthe Order shall, except so far as it has been superseded by a subsequent Order, be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.\n(2) An Order in Council under this Section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 2 modified by Merchant Shipping Act (c. 10, SIF 111), s. 2(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/19/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:18.574791+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}