Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 244

244. (1) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger ship not registered under this Act - (a) the ship shall not be required to be surveyed except for the purpose of determining the number of passengers she is fit to carry; (b) on receipt of any declaratio n of survey for the purpose aforesaid, the Minister ma y issue a certificate under article 218 containing only a statement of the particulars set out in sub-article (1)( b) of that article, and a certificate so issued shall have effect as a passenger ship certificate. (2) Where there is produced in respect of any such passenger ship as aforesaid an accepted Safety Convention certificate and also a certificate issued by or under the authority of the governmen t of the country in which the ship is registered showing the number of passengers that the ship is fit to carry, and the Minister is s atisfied that that number has been determined substantially in the same manner as it would have been determined for the issue of a passenger ship certificate under this Act, he may, if he thinks fit, dispense with any survey of the ship for the purpose of determi ning the number of passengers that she is fit to carry and direct th at the certificate issued as aforesaid shall have effect as a passenge r ship certificate, and thereupon that c ertificate shall have effect accordingly. Miscellaneous privileges of ships holding Convention certificates.