Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 219

219. (1) If the Minister, on receipt o f declarations of survey in respect of a Maltese ship, not be ing a passenger ship, is satis fied that the ship complies with the construction and survey rules applicable to the ship and to such voyages as she is to be enga ged on, he shall, on the application of the owner, issue in respect of the ship a certificate showing that the ship complies with such of the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to those matters as are applicable as aforesaid, and any such certificate is in thi s Act referred to as a "cargo ship saf ety construction certificate". (2) If the Minister, on receipt o f declarations of survey in respect of any such ship as aforesaid, is satisfied that the sh ip is exempt, by virtue of any exercise by him of a power in that beh alf conferred on him by this Act or by the construction and survey rules, from any of the requirements of those rules applicable t o the ship and to such voyages as she is to be engaged on, and that s he complies with the rest of those requirements, he shall, on the application of the o wner, issue in resp ect of the ship - (a) an exemption certificate stating which of the requirements of the Safety Convention applicable as aforesaid the ship is exempt from and that the exemption is conditional on the ship’s plying only on the voyages, and complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the certificate; and (b) a certificate showing that the ship complies with the rest of those requirements; and any certificate issued under paragraph ( b) is in this Act referred to as a "qualified cargo ship s afety construction certificate". Cargo ships safety equipment certificates and exemption certificates.