# Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971, Section 2: Contracting States, etc.


(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the Order shall, except so far as it has been superseded by a subsequent Order, be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/19/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1971/section-2
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