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Australian mainland between the point opposite Thursday 

 Island and the point on the west coast at 20° south latitude. 



(3) (a) Any Contracting Government may propose: 



(i) the reduction of any zone off the coast of any of its 

 territories; 



(ii) the extension of any such zone to a maximum of 100 



miles from the nearest land along any such coast, 

 by making a declaration to that effect and the reduction or 

 extension shall come into force after the expiration of a 

 period of six months after the declaration has been made, 

 unless any one of the Contracting Governments shall have 

 made a declaration not less than two months before the 

 expiration of that period to the effect that it considers that 

 the destruction of birds and adverse effects on fish and the 

 marine organisms on which they feed would be likely to 

 occur or that its interests are affected either by reason of 

 the proximity of its coasts or by reason of its ships trading 

 in the area, and that it does not accept the reduction or 

 extension, as the case may be. 

 (6) Any declaration under this paragraph shall be made by 

 a notification in writing to the Organization which shall 

 notify all Contracting Governments of the receipt of the 

 declaration. 



(4) The Organization shall prepare a set of charts indicating the 

 extent of the prohibited zones in force in accordance with paragraph 

 (2) of this Annex and shall issue amendments thereto as may be 

 necessary. 



15. The following changes to be made in Annex B to the Convention: 



1. Throughout the Annex replace the words 'Identity numbers 

 of tank(s)' by 'Identity numbers of tank(s) concerned'. 



2. In Form I(o) replace the words 'Place or position of ship' by 

 'Place or position of ship at time of discharge'. 



3. In Form 1(d) and Form 11(a) and (6) replace the words 'Place or 

 position of ship' by 'Place or position of ship at time of disposal'. 



4. In Form 1(c) add a new line 17 as follows: '17. Approximate 

 quantities of water discharged' and re-number lines in (d) 18 to 20. 



5. Delete the words 'from ship' in the headings of Forms 1(d) 

 and 11(6). 



6. In Form III replace the words 'Place or position of ship' by 

 'Place or position of ship at time of occurrence'. 



