(1) Where it appears to the Governor General that any person to whom any money or other property of a deceased seaman may be paid or delivered under section 176(1)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 of the United Kingdom (which relates to the disposal of property not exceeding £100 in value) is resident in a foreign State, he or she may pay or deliver the money or property to a consular officer of that State on behalf of that person; and the provisions of that section shall have effect accordingly.
(2) The powers, if any, of a consul general or other consular officer under the Shipping Act (which enables a consular officer in certain circumstances to act as the agent of the owner for the purposes of the custody and disposal of articles belonging to or forming part of a foreign ship wrecked on or near the coasts of Saint Lucia) shall extend to the custody and disposal of the wrecked ship itself as well as to the custody and disposal of such articles as aforesaid.