Section 333: Power of the Minister to make regulations respecting passenger ship

(1)
The Minister may make regulations:
(a)
relating to accommodation, facilities and provisions on board passenger ships which carry passengers from a port in Nigeria;
(b)
requiring the preparation and furnishing of particulars as to all passengers to or from a port in Nigeria;
(c)
regulating the number of passengers which a ship may carry from a port in Nigeria whether or not the ship is a passenger ship; and
(d)
prescribing the terms and conditions upon which ships may carry passengers between ports in Nigeria.
(2)
In making regulations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Minister shall have due regard to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, and its Protocol of 1990.
(3)
The Minister may waive or vary the regulations referred to in subsection (1) of this section in respect of applications to license Nigerian passenger ships operating solely within Nigerian waters.