Section 240: Safety Convention Certificates and admissibility in evidence

(1)
A Safety Convention Certificate shall be in such form as may be approved by the Minister, and the construction rules, rules for lifesaving appliances and radio rules as the case may be, shall make such provisions with respect to Safety Convention Certificates, as appear to the Minister to be necessary, having regard to the Annextures to the Safety Conventions.
(2)
Any safety certificate or any radio certificate, whether qualified or not, or any radio exemption certificate, issued under this part of this Act in respect of any ship may be combined in one document with any certificate of survey issued under this part of this Act in respect of the ship.
(3)
A certificate issued by the Minister under this part of this Act, and any document in which two or more certificates are, under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section combined, may be signed on behalf of the Minister by any person authorised by the Minister for this purpose and the certificate or document purporting to be so signed shall be admissible in evidence.