Cap. 234 Art. 245Miscellaneous privileges of ships holding Convention certificates.

(1) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a foreign Safety Convention passenger ship, the ship shall be exempt from the rules for life-saving appliances, from article 294 and from article 310(d) and (f).

(2) Where there is produced in respect of a foreign ship not being a passenger ship -

(a) an accepted Safety Convention certificate equivalent to a cargo ship safety construction certificate; or

(b) accepted Safety Convention certificates equivalent respectively to a qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate and to a corresponding exemption certificate, the ship shall be exempt from the construction and survey rules.

(3) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate, being the equivalent of a safety-equipment certificate, is produced in respect of a foreign Safety Convention ship, not being a passenger ship, the ship shall be exempt from the rules for life-saving appliances and from article 294.

(4) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a foreign Safety Convention ship and the certificate shows that the ship complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony and direction-finders, or that she is exempt from some of those requirements and complies with the rest, or that she is wholly exempt from those requirements, the ship shall be exempt from the radio rules and rules for direction-finders.