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Contracting States and declarations, reservations, withdrawals, notifications and denunciations under Luxembourg Convention. 
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18.—(1) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may by order declare— 
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(a) that any state specified in the order is a Contracting State, or 
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(b) that— 
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(i) a reservation, or a withdrawal thereof (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 6.3, 17, 18 or (in the case of a withdrawal) 27 of the Luxembourg Convention, or 
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(ii) a declaration (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 24 or 25 of that Convention, or 
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(iii) a notification (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been received pursuant to Article 2 of that Convention, or 
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(iv) a notification of a decision or of an alteration or revocation of a decision (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 20 of that Convention, or 
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(v) a denunciation (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 29 of that Convention, 
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to or by, as the case may be, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 
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(2) An order that is in force under subsection (1) of this section shall, as the case may be, be evidence— 
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(a) that any state specified in the order is a Contracting State; 
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(b) that a reservation, a withdrawal of a reservation, a declaration, a notification or a denunciation set out in the order was made or received and of its contents. 
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(3) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may by order amend or revoke an order under this section (including an order under this subsection). 
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