# Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982, Paragraph 3


Any State which becomes a Contracting Party to the present Convention after the entry into force of an amendment shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State:
(a) Be considered as a Party to the present Convention as amended; and
(b) Be considered as a Party to the unamended Convention in relation to any Party to the present Convention not bound by the amendment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/TWO/chapter/VII/crossheading/article-49-entry-into-force/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-TWO/chapter-VII/crossheading-article-49-entry-into-force/paragraph-3
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