Section 270: Application of collision rules to foreign ships and aircraft

Whenever it appears to the Minister that the Government of any foreign country is willing that the collision rules, or the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the collision rules or otherwise should apply to ships or aircraft registered in or belonging to that country, when not locally within the jurisdiction of Nigeria, the Minister may, by Order, direct that those rules and provisions shall, subject to any limitation of time and to any conditions and qualifications contained in the Order, apply to the ships and aircraft of that country, whether or not they are locally within the jurisdiction of Nigeria, and that those ships and aircraft shall, for the purpose of those rules and provisions, be treated as if they were Nigerian ships or, as the case may be, aircraft registered in or belonging to Nigeria.