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ARTICLE 2 1. Subparagraphs (a) and (k) of paragraph (1) of Article 3 of the Convention shall be deleted and respectively replaced by the following: “(a) the term “Australia”, when used in a geographical sense, excludes all external territories other than: (i) the Territory of Norfolk Island; (ii) the Territory of Christmas Island; (iii) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands; (iv) the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands; (v) the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands; and (vi) the Coral Sea Islands Territory, and includes any area adjacent to the territorial limits of Australia (including the Territories specified in this subparagraph) in respect of which there is for the time being in force, consistently with international law, a law of Australia dealing with the exploration for or the exploitation of any of the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil of the continental shelf;”; and “(k) the term “international traffic” means any voyage of a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise of a Contracting State to transport passengers or property except where the principal purpose of the voyage is to transport passengers or property between places within the other Contracting State.”. 2. Paragraph (3) of Article 3 of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following: “(3) As regards the application of this Convention at any time by a Contracting State, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning that it has at that time under the law of that State concerning the taxes to which the Convention applies, any meaning under the applicable tax law of that State prevailing over a meaning given to the term under other law of that State.”.