238Declaration of countries to which the Container Convention applies

#### 238 Declaration of countries to which the Container Convention applies (1) The Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare: (a) that a country specified in the notice has ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Container Convention or has ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Convention subject to reservations specified in the notice, as the case may be, and that the Convention has, or will, come into force or has, or will, come into force subject to those reservations, as the case may be, in respect of that country on a date specified in the notice; or (b) that a country specified in the notice has denounced the Container Convention and that that denunciation has taken, or will take, effect on a date specified in the notice. (2) A notice under subsection (1) is, for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matters declared.