1 The Minister shall keep a list of and may give a certificate stating—a) the Contracting Parties to any convention declared by Order in Council under section 2(2) :b) the Contracting Parties to any marine protection convention declared by Order in Council under section 222(4) .
2 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.
3 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.
Note: 1974 No 14 s 67(1), (2), (4)