Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 207

207. (1) The Minister may make rules (in this Act referred as "construction and survey rules") prescribing requirements for t he hull, equipment and machinery of ships to which this article ap plies and requiring any such ships to be surveyed to such extent, in such manner and at such intervals as m ay be prescribed by the rules. (2) This article applies to: (a) Maltese passenger ships, and any foreign passenger ship which carries passengers to or from any place, or between places, in Malta; (b) sea-going ships of not less than five hundred tons gross tonnage, or of not less than such lower tonnage and of such description as the Minister may by order in the Gazette specify, except that it applies to such sea- going ships not registered under this Act only while they are in Maltese waters; (c) such other ships as the Minister may prescribe. M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 103 (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this article, rules under this article may requir e the provision in Maltese passenger ships - (a) of plant exhibited as provided by or under the rules, and of other information, relating to the boundaries of water-tight compartments, the openings therein, the means of closing such openings and the arrangements for correcting any list due to flooding; (b) of information necessary for the guidance of the master in maintaining sufficient stability to enable the ship to withstand damage. Rules for life- saving appliances. Amended by: XXII.2000.83.