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(1) Where the Director-General or a person authorised by the Director-General for that purpose is satisfied on receipt of a surveyor's report in respect of a cargo ship that the ship complies with the requirements

(a) of the Safety Convention, and

(b) of the Regulations relating to safety of life at sea applicable to the ship as regards radio installations and direction finders and to the international voyages to be engaged on, the Director-General or the authorised person shall on the application of the owner issue in respect of the ship

(c) a certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention where the ship weighs less than three hundred gross tons and is to be engaged on international voyages, and

(d) a certificate showing that the ship complies with the requirements in this sub-section.

(2) A Certificate issued under this section is in this Act referred to as a "Cargo Ship Radio Certificate".