[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR176.100]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Certificate of Inspection
 
Sec. 176.100  When required.


    (a) A vessel to which this subchapter applies may not be operated 
without having on board a valid U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of 
Inspection.
    (b) Except as noted in Sec. 176.114 of this part, each vessel 
inspected and certificated under the provisions of this subchapter must, 
when any passengers are aboard during the tenure of the certificate, be 
in full compliance with the terms of the certificate.
    (c) If necessary to prevent delay of the vessel, a temporary 
Certificate of Inspection may be issued pending the issuance and 
delivery of the regular Certificate of Inspection. The temporary 
certificate must be carried in the same manner as the regular 
certificate and is considered the same as the regular Certificate of 
Inspection that it represents.
    (d) A vessel on a foreign voyage between a port in the United States 
and a port in a foreign country, whose Certificate of Inspection expires 
during the voyage, may lawfully complete the voyage without a valid 
Certificate of Inspection provided the voyage is completed within 30 
days of expiration and the certificate did not expire within 15 days of 
sailing on the foreign voyage from a U.S. port.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20557, May 7, 1996]