(1) Where it appears to the Minister that a foreign country has promulgated rules on tonnage that are substantially the same as those under the tonnage regulations made under this Part, the Minister may order that a ship of that country, without being remeasured in Saint Lucia, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of the ship or other national certificates relating to tonnage in the same manner, to the same extent and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a Saint Lucian ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.
(2) Any space shown by the certificate of registry or other certificates relating to the tonnage of any foreign ship described in subsection (1) as deducted from tonnage on account of being occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use, shall be deemed to have been certified under this Act and to comply with those provisions of this Act that apply to such a space in the case of Saint Lucian ships, unless a surveyor inspects the ship and certifies to the Minister that the construction and the equipment of the ship in respect of that space do not meet the standard required of a Saint Lucian ship under this Act, in which case the ship shall be remeasured and assigned a tonnage in accordance with this Act.
(3) Where it appears to the Minister that the tonnage of a foreign ship as measured by the rules as to tonnage of the country to which that ship belongs materially differs from that which would be its tonnage if measured under this Act, the Minister may order that any of the ships of that country be remeasured in accordance with this Act, for all or any of the purposes of this Act.