[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR199.40]

[Page 480]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199_LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 199.40  Evaluation, testing and approval of lifesaving appliances and 
arrangements.

    (a) Each item of lifesaving equipment required by this part to be 
carried on board the vessel must be approved.
    (b) Each item of lifesaving equipment carried on board the vessel in 
addition to those required by this part must--
    (1) Be approved; or
    (2) Be accepted by the cognizant OCMI for use on the vessel.
    (c) The Commandant (G-MSE) may accept a novel lifesaving appliance 
or arrangement if it provides a level of safety equivalent to the 
requirements of this part and the appliance or arrangement--
    (1) Is evaluated and tested in accordance with IMO Resolution 
A.520(13), Code of Practice for the Evaluation, Testing and Acceptance 
of Prototype Novel Life-saving Appliances and Arrangements; or
    (2) Has successfully undergone evaluation and tests that are 
substantially equivalent to those recommendations.
    (d) During the vessel's construction and when any modification to 
the lifesaving arrangement is done after construction, a vessel owner 
must obtain acceptance of lifesaving arrangements from the Commandant 
(G-MSC).
    (e) The OCMI may accept substitute lifesaving appliances other than 
those required by this part except for--
    (1) Survival craft and rescue boats; and
    (2) Survival craft and rescue boat launching and embarkation 
appliances.
    (f) Acceptance of lifesaving appliances and arrangements will remain 
in effect unless--
    (1) The OCMI deems their condition to be unsatisfactory or unfit for 
the service intended; or
    (2) The OCMI deems the crew's ability to use and assist others in 
the use of the lifesaving appliances or arrangements to be inadequate.