Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 242

242. (1) The Minister, if satisfied - (a) that the government of any country has accepted, or denounced, the Safety Convention; or M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 117 (b) that the Safety Convention extends, or has ceased to extend, to any territory, may by order in the Gazette make a declar ation to that effect. (2) A country which has been so declared to have accepted, and which has not been so declared to have denounced, the Safety Convention, and a territory to which the Safety Convention is so declared to extend, not being a territory to which it has been so declared that the Safety Convent ion has ceased to extend, are i n this Act referred to as a "count ry to which the Safety Conventi on applies". (3) A ship registered in a country to which the Safety Convention applies is in this Act referred to as a "Safety Convention ship" or a "Safety Convention passenger ship", as th e case may require. Certificates of foreign convention ships.