The Minister may exempt any ship or class of ships from the provisions of sections 218 to 236 of this Act or any regulations made thereunder when he is satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of voyages undertaken by such ships make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply the provisions of sections 218 to 236 of this Act or the regulations made thereunder.
ship
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars;
The Minister may exempt any ship which embodies features of a novel kind from any of the provisions of sections 218 to 236 of this Act or any regulations made thereunder the application of which might seriously impede research into the development of such features and their incorporation in ships engaged on international voyages.
The Minister may, in relation to a ship which does not normally ply on international voyages but is, in exceptional circumstances, required to undertake a single international voyage exempt the ship from sections 218 to 236 of this Act or any regulations made thereunder while the ship is engaged on that voyage.
international voyage
“international voyage” means a voyage from Singapore to a port or place outside Singapore or a voyage to Singapore from a port or place outside Singapore;
The Director may, in relation to a ship to which the Load Lines Convention does not apply and not being a Singapore ship, exempt the ship from sections 218 to 236 of this Act or any regulations made thereunder when he is satisfied that the ship belongs to a class of ships which is exempted from the provisions of any law relating to load lines in force in the country in which the ship is registered and it would be unreasonable or impracticable to apply sections 218 to 236 of this Act or any regulations made thereunder to the ship.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 6 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that section;
Any exemption granted by the Minister under this section may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit; and, where any such exemption is conferred subject to conditions, the exemption shall not have effect unless those conditions are complied with.
The owner, master or agent of a Singapore ship which has been granted an exemption by the Minister under this section shall, on application to any person appointed in that behalf by the Minister, receive a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a load line exemption certificate.[242
owner
“owner”, used in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien, if any, to that lien;