(1) The master of every foreign Safety Convention ship, shall produce to the appropriate authorities from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of an international voyage from a Saint Lucian port, valid Safety Convention Certificates that are the equivalent of the Safety Convention Certificates issued by the Minister that would be required to be in force in respect of the ship if the ship was a Saint Lucian ship, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained until those certificates are so produced.
(2) The production of a valid Safety Convention Certificate being the equivalent of—
(a) a qualified certificate; or
(b) an exemption certificate, other than a certificate stating that the ship is wholly exempt from the provisions of the Safety Convention,
shall not avail for the purpose of section 294 unless there is also produced the corresponding exemption certificate or qualified certificate as the case may be.