319Foreign countries may request AMSA to issue certificates

319 Foreign countries may request AMSA to issue certificates

(1) AMSA or another issuing body may, on request of the government of a foreign country: (a) issue, or authorise the issue of, a certificate to a vessel registered in the foreign country; or (b) endorse, or authorise the endorsement of, a certificate of a vessel registered in the foreign country; if AMSA or the other issuing body could do so if the vessel were registered in under the Shipping Registration Act 1981. (2) A certificate issued or endorsed under this section: (a) must contain a statement to the effect that it has been issued or endorsed at the request of the government of the country in which the vessel is registered; and (b) has effect, for the purposes of this Act, as if it had been issued or endorsed by the government that requested its issue or its endorsement.