http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/19/section/2Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971An Act to amend the law with respect to the carriage of goods by sea.1980-01-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-181996-01-01 21If Her Majesty by Order in Council certified to the following effect, that is to say, that for the purposes of the Rules—aa State specified in the Order is a contracting State, or is a contracting State in respect of any place or territory so specified; orbany 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forms part of a State so specified (whether a contracting State or not),the Order shall, except so far as it has been superseded by a subsequent Order, be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.2An Order in Council under this Section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.S. 2 modified by Merchant Shipping Act (c. 10, SIF 111), s. 2(6)