If, after consideration of the report of a surveyor, the Authority is satisfied that a vessel referred to in subsection (2) -
(a) is constructed and equipped in accordance with all the requirements of the construction regulations, the lifesaving equipment regulations, the radio regulations, the collision regulations and any other regulations which may have been made, which are applicable to the vessel when engaged in the voyages or the operations in
which it is intended that she shall be engaged, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the vessel a local
general safety certificate stating that she is so constructed and equipped, and specifying the voyages or the operations in which the vessel is by the certificate authorized to be engaged;
[Para. (a) substituted by s. 12 of Act 13/65 and s. 2 of Act 5/98]
(b) is exempt, by virtue of the exercise by it of a power conferred on it by the regulations referred to in paragraph (a), from any of the requirements of the said regulations and is constructed and equipped in accordance with the remaining requirements, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the vessel -
(i) a local safety exemption certificate stating which of the said requirements the vessel is exempt from, and that the exemption is conditional on her being engaged only in the voyages or operations and complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the certificates; and
(ii) a local general safety certificate stating that the vessel is constructed and equipped in accordance with the remaining requirements