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or trusteeship, which impose taxes substantially similar in character to those which are the subject of the present Agreement. The present Agreement shall, subject to such modifications (if any) as may be specified in the notification, apply to the territory or territories named in such notification on the date or dates specified in the notification (not being less than sixty days from the date of the notification) or, if no date is specified in respect of any such territory, on the sixtieth day after the date of the notification, unless prior to the date on which the Agreement would otherwise become applicable to a particular territory, the Contracting Government to whom notification is given shall have informed the other Contracting Government in writing that it does not accept the notification as to that territory. In the absence of such an extension, the present Agreement shall not apply to any such territory. (2) At any time after the expiration of one year from the entry into force of an extension under paragraph (1) of this Article, either of the Contracting Governments may, by written notice of termination given to the other Contracting Government, terminate the application of the present Agreement to any territory to which it has been extended under paragraph (1), and in that event the present Agreement shall cease to apply, as from the date or dates •specified in the notice or if no date is specified at the expiration of six months after the date of the notice, to the territory or territories named therein, but without affecting its continued application to New Zealand, the United Kingdom or to any other territory to "which it has been extended under paragraph (1) hereof. (3) In the application of the present Agreement in relation to any territory to which it is extended by notification by the United Kingdom or New Zealand, references to the " United Kingdom " or, as the case may be, " New Zealand" shall be construed as references to that territory. (4) The termination in respect of New Zealand or the United Kingdom of the present Agreement under Article XIX shall, unless otherwise expressly agreed by both Contracting Governments, terminate the application of the present Agreement to any territory to which the Agreement has been extended by New Zealand or the United Kingdom. (5) The provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as if they were colonies of the United Kingdom.