Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 222

222. Where a ship complies with all the requirements of the construction and survey rules, rules for life-saving appliances, radio rules, and rules for direction-finders, applicable to the ship and to the voyages on which she is to be engaged so far as those requirements are requirements of the Safety Convention applicable as aforesaid, the Minister may issue in respect of the ship a general safety certificate, short-voyage safety certificate, cargo ship safety construction certificate, safety equipment certificate, a radio certificate, as the case may be, notwithstanding that she is exempt f r o m , o r f o r s o m e o t h er r e a s o n d o e s n o t c o m p l y w i t h , a n y requirement of those rules that are not applicable requirements of the Safety Convention. Issue of certificates by foreign governments on request by Minister.