Where the Director-General or a person authorised by the Director-General for the purpose, is satisfied on receipt of the surveyor's report in respect of a Ghanaian cargo ship that the ship

(a) complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention as regards lifesaving appliances,

(b) complies with the Regulations relating to safety of life at sea which are applicable to the ship in regard to life-saving appliances and to the voyages that she is to be engaged on; and

(c) is properly provided with the lights, shapes and means of making sound signals required by the Collision Regulations, the Director-General or the authorised person shall on the application of the owner issue in respect of the ship a Safety Equipment Certificate

(d) where the ship is not less than five hundred gross tons and is to be engaged on international voyages, which shall be in the form prescribed by the Safety Convention; and

(e) in any other case, which shall show that it complies with those requirements.