Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

International Load Line Exemption Certificates.

23.—(1) The load line rules shall make such provision as appears to the Minister to be appropriate for securing that exemption certificates which, in accordance with the Convention of 1966, are issued in respect of ships to which section 13 of this Act applies, and are so issued by Governments other than the Government, shall in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the rules have the like effect for the purposes of this Act as if they were valid Convention certificates.

(2) Certificates issued as mentioned in the preceding subsection shall be included among International Load Line Exemption Certificates.