Section 228: Issue for cargo ships of safety equipment and exemption certificates

(1)
If the Minister, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of a Nigerian cargo ship, is satisfied that the ship-
(a)
complies with the rules for lifesaving appliances applicable to the ship and to such international voyages as the ship is to be engaged on ; and
(b)
is properly provided with the lights, shapes and means of making fog signals required by the collision rules, the Minister shall, on the application of the owner, issue in respect of the ship, a certificate showing that the ship complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to the matters applicable to the ship and a certificate issued under this subsection shall be referred to as a "safety equipment certificate".
(2)
If the Minister, on receipt of a declaration of survey in respect of any ship as referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is satisfied that the ship is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by the Minister of a power in that behalf conferred on him by this Act or by the rules for lifesaving appliances, from any of the requirements of those rules applicable to the ship and to the international voyages the ship is engaged on, and that the ship complies with the rest of the requirements and is properly provided with the lights, shapes and means of making fog signals required by the collision rules, the Minister shall, on the application of the owner, issue in respect of the ship-
(a)
an exemption certificate stating which of the requirements of the Safety Convention, relating to the rules for lifesaving appliances and applicable to the ship, the ship is exempt from and that the exemption is conditional on the ship plying only on the voyages and complying with the other conditions, if any, specified in the certificate; and
(b)
a certificate showing that the ship complies with the rest of the requirements.
(3)
A certificate issued under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section shall in this Act be referred to as a "qualified safety equipment certificate".