Clause 4

The Minister may by order published in the Gazette, from time to time certify who are the High Contracting Parties to the Convention and the High Contracting Parties to the amended Convention, in respect of what territories they are respectively parties and to what extent they have availed themselves of the provisions of the Additional Protocol at the end of the Convention and the amended Convention.

Article 40A(2) in the First Schedule shall not be read as extending references in that Schedule to the territory of a High Contracting Party (except such as are references to the territory of any State, whether a High Contracting Party or not) to include any territory in respect of which that High Contracting Party is not a party.

An order in force under this section shall be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.

An order made under this section may contain such transitional and other consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be expedient.