(1) The Minister may make regulations, in this Act referred to as “cargo ship construction and survey regulations”, prescribing requirements for the hull, equipment and machinery of ships to which this section applies and requiring any Saint Lucian ship to be surveyed to such an extent, in such a manner and at such intervals as may be prescribed.
(2) The regulations referred to in subsection (1) shall include such requirements as appear to the Minister to implement the provisions of the Safety Convention relating to the hull, equipment and machinery of ships.
(3) This section applies to—
(a) Saint Lucian ships of not less than 500 gross tons;
(b) Saint Lucian ships of such lower tonnage and of such description as the Minister may specify; and
(c) foreign ships while the ships are within Saint Lucian waters and while the ships are not exempted under this Act,
but does not apply to passenger ships, troop ships, pleasure craft, fishing vessels and ships not propelled by mechanical means.