Section 109: Exemptions
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109. Exemptions
(1) The Director may exempt any ship or class of ships from any safety
requirements imposed by this Act subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
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(2) Where a ship not normally engaged on international voyages is required to undertake a single international voyage, the Director may, where he
is of the opinion that the ship complies with safety requirements imposed by
this Act, exempt the ship while engaged on that voyage.
(3) Where a ship embodies features of a novel kind, the Director may exempt it from any requirement imposed by this Act relating to safety construction, life-saving appliances and radio communications, the application of
which might seriously impede research into the development of such features and their incorporation in ships engaged in international voyages, but
the ship shall comply with any safety requirement which, in the opinion of
the Director, is adequate for the service for which it is intended and is such
as to ensure the overall safety of the ship.
(4) Where the Director considers that the sheltered nature and conditions
of a voyage are such as to render the application of a specific requirement
relating to safety construction, life-saving appliances and radio communications unreasonable or unnecessary, he may exempt from that requirement a
Mauritius ship, or a class of ships which, in the course of their voyage, do
not proceed more than 20 miles from the nearest land.