Section 249: Construction rules

(1)
The Minister may make rules (in this Part of this Act referred to as "construction rules") prescribing requirements as to the hull, equipment and machinery of a Nigerian ship or any class of coastal or inland water ship.
(2)
Every Nigerian ship or coastal or inland water ship shall, unless any of those classes or ships are otherwise exempted under this Act from the requirements of annual survey, comply with the requirements as are applicable.
(3)
The power to make construction rules includes the power to make such further rules in relation to the construction rules as appear to the Minister necessary to implement the provisions of the Safety Convention.
(4)
The Minister shall ensure that every ship constructed in Nigeria, to which the Safety Convention is applicable, shall comply in every particular with the provisions of the convention.