Cap. 234 Art. 242Countries to which Safety Convention appliesandSafety Convention ships.

(1) The Minister, if satisfied -

(a) that the government of any country has accepted, or denounced, the Safety Convention; or

(b) that the Safety Convention extends, or has ceased to extend, to any territory, may by order in the Gazette make a declaration to that effect.

(2) A country which has been so declared to have accepted, and which has not been so declared to have denounced, the Safety Convention, and a territory to which the Safety Convention is so declared to extend, not being a territory to which it has been so declared that the Safety Convention has ceased to extend, are in this Act referred to as a "country to which the Safety Convention applies".

(3) A ship registered in a country to which the Safety Convention applies is in this Act referred to as a "Safety Convention ship" or a "Safety Convention passenger ship", as the case may require.