Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A MSA 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;
i f 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.