1996 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 30 - INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
Sec. 1605 - Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 30 - INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA Sec. 1605 - Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose |
| Contains | section 1605 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-75, §6, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96-591, §6(2), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3434. |
| Statutes at Large References | 91 Stat. 309 94 Stat. 3434 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 95-75, Public Law 96-591 |
§1605. Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose (a) Certification for alternative compliance
Any requirement of the International Regulations with respect to the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights, with respect to shapes, or with respect to the disposition and characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not be applicable to a vessel of special construction or purpose, whenever the Secretary of the Navy, for any vessel of the Navy, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, for any other vessel of the United States, shall certify that the vessel cannot comply fully with that requirement without interfering with the special function of the vessel.
(b) Closest possible compliance by vessels covered by certification for alternative complianceWhenever a certification is issued under the authority of subsection (a) of this section, the vessel involved shall comply with the requirement as to which the certification is made to the extent that the Secretary issuing the certification shall certify as the closest possible compliance by that vessel.
(c) Publication of certifications in Federal RegisterNotice of the certifications issued pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be published in the Federal Register.
(d) Issuance of certification for a class of vesselsA certification authorized by this section may be issued for a class of vessels.
(Pub. L. 95–75, §6, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96–591, §6(2), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3434.)
Amendments1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–591 added subsec. (d).
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 1603 of this title.
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