(1) Where, in the opinion of the Minister the sheltered nature and conditions of international voyages between ports in Saint Lucia and ports in neighbouring countries make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply all the provisions of this Act to ships plying on such a voyage, and the Minister is satisfied that the governments of the other countries concur in that opinion, the Minister may, by order made by statutory instrument specifying those ports, direct that ships plying on such voyages be exempt from the relevant provisions of this Part.
(2) The Minister may, by order made by Statutory Instrument, direct that vessels under 24 metres in length engaged solely in the coasting trade, or any class of such ships specified in the order, be exempt from some or all of the provisions of this Part.
(3) Any order made under this section may be made subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit, and where any such order is made subject to conditions, the exemption granted by the order shall not have effect in relation to a ship unless the ship complies with those conditions.