Power of Minister to make regulations

(1) The Minister shall have power to make regulations to provide for– (a) the examination of masters, mates and engineers of vessels, the conduct of the examinations, and the qualification of the applicants and the granting of certificates of (b) the examination, survey, inspection and measuring of vessels, and the manner of determining and marking of draught freeboard and load lines thereof and the issue of “Sea- going Certificates” in respect thereto; (c) the general equipment of vessels and provision to be made for the number of the crew, including a mate or mates, and for the safety of passengers, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of passengers to be carried, the season of the year, and the safety of the vessel; (d) the lights to be carried, 16 provided that all such regulations as to lights shall apply only to vessels not required to carry a light by the sea regulations made under the Merchant Shipping Act; 1894, c.60. (e) the means to be adopted for the identification (f) the means to be adopted for the prevention of the overloading of vessels; (g) keeping order on such vessels; (h) dividing the vessels into classes to which the regulations or any of them are to apply, and providing for the exemption of classes of vessels from the regulations or any of them and for the inspection and registration of vessels and for the issue of certificates there for; (i) the imposition of fees with respect to examinations for, and the issue of certificates of competency, and with respect to the examination, survey, and inspection of and the issue of “Sea-going Certificates” in connection therewith, and for the inspection and testing of life-saving (j) the safety of navigation within Belize; (k) the construction, manufacture, and design of (2) Regulations made under this Act may provide that a contravention or breach thereof shall be punishable on summary conviction by such fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by such term of imprisonment not exceeding two years as may Harbours and Merchant Shipping [CAP. 234 17 be specified in the regulations or by both such fine and imprisonment. (3) All regulations made under this Act shall be subject to negative resolution. Schedule II.