(1) The Minister may make Regulations for securing as far as is practicable, safe working conditions and safe means of access for masters and seafarers employed in Ghanaian ships, and requiring the reporting of injuries sustained by them.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) Regulations under this section may

(a) require the maintenance, inspection and testing of any equipment and impose conditions on its use;

(b) require, prohibit, or regulate the use of any protective clothing or equipment;

(c) limit the hours of employment of seafarers in any specified operation or in any specified circumstances; and

(d) make provision for the performance, by persons appointed from among the persons employed in a ship, of functions to be prescribed under the Regulations.

(3) In making Regulations under this section, the Minister shall have due regard to the Convention concerning the Prevention of Occupational Accidents to Seafarers, (1970) of the International Labour Organization.