(1) Where a ship has been measured and registered as a foreign ship or has already been measured without being registered as a Saint Lucian ship, a Surveyor of Ships may, for the purposes of section 29 accept and use any figures of measurement contained in the latest register relating to that ship, or in the case of an unregistered ship, in the latest certificate of survey relating to that ship.
(2) Before acting under subsection (1), the surveyor shall satisfy himself or herself that there have been no changes of measurement since the making of the register or certificate that he or she proposes to use; and where any such changes have been made he or she shall remeasure the ship to the extent made necessary by the changes.