(1) The Minister may make regulations—
(a) respecting accommodation, facilities and provisions on board passenger ships which carry passengers from a port in Saint Lucia;
(b) requiring the preparation and furnishing of particulars as to all passengers to or from a port in Saint Lucia;
(c) regulating the number of passengers which a ship may carry from a port in Saint Lucia whether or not the ship is a passenger ship; and
(d) prescribing the terms and conditions upon which ships may carry passengers between ports in Saint Lucia.
(2) In making regulations under subsection (1), the Minister shall have due regard to the International Convention on the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974.
(3) The Minister may waive or vary the regulations referred to in subsection (1) in respect of their application to licensed Saint Lucian passenger ships operating solely within Saint Lucian waters.