(1) Subject to subsection (2), a citizen of a Protocol Member State is declared to be exempt from Division 2 of PART 6 of the Act in relation to the requirement to obtain a work permit, provided that such citizen has gained lawful entry into Saint Lucia in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 76, Revised Laws of Saint Lucia 1957 or any other enactment which entitles him or her to enter and remain in Saint Lucia.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who becomes a citizen of a Protocol Member State under an economic or honorary citizenship programme of that Protocol Member State, unless this programme is comparable to an economic or honorary citizenship programme in force in Saint Lucia and is approved as such by the Minister responsible for external affairs.