Cap. 234 Art. 244Passenger ship holding Convention certificates.

(1) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger ship not registered under this Act -

(a) the ship shall not be required to be surveyed except for the purpose of determining the number of passengers she is fit to carry;

(b) on receipt of any declaration of survey for the purpose aforesaid, the Minister may issue a certificate under article 218 containing only a statement of the particulars set out in sub-article (1)(b) of that article, and a certificate so issued shall have effect as a passenger ship certificate.

(2) Where there is produced in respect of any such passenger ship as aforesaid an accepted Safety Convention certificate and also a certificate issued by or under the authority of the government of the country in which the ship is registered showing the number of passengers that the ship is fit to carry, and the Minister is satisfied that that number has been determined substantially in the same manner as it would have been determined for the issue of a passenger ship certificate under this Act, he may, if he thinks fit, dispense with any survey of the ship for the purpose of determining the number of passengers that she is fit to carry and direct that the certificate issued as aforesaid shall have effect as a passenger ship certificate, and thereupon that certificate shall have effect accordingly.