(1) Where a Saint Lucian ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the load line regulations, the appropriate certificate shall be issued to the owner of the ship, on his or her application.
(2) For the purpose of this section the appropriate certificate—
(a) in the case of an existing ship of not less than 150 gross tons, and in the case of a new ship of 24 metres or more in length is to be called an “International Load Line Certificate (1966)”; and
(b) in the case of any other ship, is to be called a “Saint Lucian Local Load Line Certificate”.