Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 245

245. (1) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a foreign Safety Convention passenger sh ip, the ship shall be exempt from th e rules for life-saving applian ces, from article 294 and from article 310( d) and (f). (2) Where there is produced in respect of a foreign ship not being a passenger ship - (a) an accepted Safety Convention certificate equivalent to a cargo ship safety c onstruction certificate; or (b) accepted Safety Conventi on certificates equivalent respectively to a qualified cargo ship safety M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 119 construction certificate and to a corresponding exemption certificate, the ship shall be exem pt from the construction and survey rules . (3) Where an accepted Safety Conv ention certificate, being the equivalent of a safety-equipment certificate, is produced in re spect of a foreign Safety Convention ship, not being a passenger ship , the ship shall be exempt from the rules for life-saving appliances and from article 294. (4) Where an accepted Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a foreign Safety Convention ship and the certificate shows that the ship complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelepho ny and direction-finders, or that she is exempt from some of those requirements and complies with the rest, or that she is wholly exempt from those requirements, the ship shall be exempt from t he radio rules and rules for direction-finders. Further provisions as to production of Convention certificate.