SECTION 17

1. The provisions of this Convention apply to all branches of economic activity unless the Member ratifying the Convention specifies a more limited application by a declaration appended to its ratification. 2. In cases where a declaration specifying a more limited application is made (a) the provisions of the Convention shall be applicable as a minimum to under takings or branches of economic activity in respect of which the competent authority, after consultation with the labour inspection services and with the most representative organisations of employers and workers concerned, determines that machinery is extensively used; the initiative for such consul tation can be taken by any such organisation ; (b) the Member shall indicate in its reports under article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation1 any progress which may have been made with a view towards wider application of the provisions of this Con vention. 3. Any Member which has made a declaration in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article may at any time cancel that declaration in whole or in part by a subsequent declaration.