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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally - Detention of ship and distress on ship

465: Designation of parties to conventions

You could also call this:

"Who's agreed to maritime rules: a list of countries"

The Minister keeps a list of countries that have agreed to certain conventions, and you can get a certificate that states this information. This list includes countries that have agreed to conventions under section 2(2) and section 222(4). The Minister's list and certificate will show when a country joined or left these agreements.

When the Minister gives you a certificate, it will have the dates when countries became or stopped being part of these agreements. The certificate will say when a country started or ended its involvement in the conventions.

If someone questions the information on the certificate, it will be considered true unless you can prove otherwise, and the Minister's certificate is a reliable source of this information.

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Part 30Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally
Detention of ship and distress on ship

465Designation of parties to conventions

  1. The Minister shall keep a list of and may give a certificate stating—

  2. the Contracting Parties to any convention declared by Order in Council under section 2(2):
    1. the Contracting Parties to any marine protection convention declared by Order in Council under section 222(4).

      1. Any list or certificate under subsection (1) shall specify the date on which any such Government or State became or ceased to be a Contracting Government, a State Party, a Contracting Party, or a Contracting State, as the case may be.

      2. In the absence of proof to the contrary, a certificate issued under subsection (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

      Compare
      • 1974 No 14 s 67(1), (2), (4)