(1) Where a person is to be transported in custody from a Commonwealth country through Saint Lucia to another Commonwealth country under a request for assistance, of the kind referred to in the Scheme, by the other Commonwealth country, the person—
(a) may be transported through Saint Lucia in the custody of another person; and
(b) if an aircraft or ship by which the person is being transported lands or calls at a place in Saint Lucia shall be kept in such custody as the Minister directs in writing until the person's transportation is continued.
(2) Where a person is being held in custody under a direction under subsection (1)(b) and the person's transportation is not, in the opinion of the Minister, continued within a reasonable time, the Minister may direct that the person be transported in custody to the Commonwealth country from which the person was first transported.