(1) A reference in this Act to a country in relation to which a provision of this Act applies shall be read as a reference to:
(a) any country declared by the regulations to be, for the purposes of this Act, a country within the Commonwealth of Nations ; and
(b) any other country declared under this section to be a country in relation to which that provision has effect.
(2) Where it appears to the Governor - General that it is expedient that any of the provisions of this Act should have effect in relation to a country other than a country referred to in paragraph ( a) of the last preceding subsection, the regulations may declare that country to be a country in relation to which such provisions of this Act as are specified in the regulations have effect.