(1) With a view to determining the validity in Saint Lucia of certificates purporting to have been issued in accordance with the Load Lines Convention in respect of foreign ships, the Minister may make such regulations as appear to him or her to be necessary.
(2) For the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to a foreign ship the expression “a valid Load Line Certificate” means a certificate complying with such of those regulations made under subsection (1) as are applicable in the circumstances.