Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

Convention countries.

30.—(1) The Government, if satisfied—

(a) that the Government of a country has accepted or acceded to, or has denounced, the Convention of 1966, or

(b) that the Convention of 1966 extends, or has ceased to extend, to a particular territory,

may by order make a declaration to that effect.

(2) In this Act “Convention country” means a country or territory which is either—

(a) a country the Government of which has been declared under this section to have accepted or acceded to the Convention of 1966, and has not been so declared to have denounced that Convention, or

(b) a territory to which it has been so declared that the Convention of 1966 extends, not being a territory to which it has been so declared that that Convention has ceased to extend,

and “Contracting Government” means any such Government as is referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection.