Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 275

275. (1) The Minister, if satisfied - (a) that the government of a country has accepted, or has denounced the Load Line Convention, or (b) that the Load Line Conven tion extends, or has ceased to extend, to a par ticular territory, may by order in the Gazette make a declaration to that effect. (2) A country the government of which has been so declared to have accepted, and which has not been so declared to have denounced, the Load Line Convention, and a territory to which t he Load Line Convention has been so declared to extend, not being a country to which it has been so declared that that Convention h as ceased to extend, are in this Act referred to as a "Convention country". (3) Any such government as is referred to in sub-article (2) is in this Act referred to as a "contracting Government". Interpretation for purposes of load line provisions.