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Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971

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4Application of Act to British possessions, etc.

(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Act shall extend, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be specified in the Order, to all or any of the following territories, that is—

(a)any colony (not being a colony for whose external relations a country other than the United Kingdom is responsible),

(b)any country outside Her Majesty's dominions in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction in right of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom.

(2)An Order in Council under this section may contain such transitional and other consequential and incidental provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be expedient, including provisions amending or repealing any legislation about the carriage of goods by sea forming part of the law of any of the territories mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

(3)An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

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