[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR25.25-17]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 25_REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 25.25_Life Preservers and Other Lifesaving Equipment
 
Sec. 25.25-17  Survival craft requirements for uninspected passenger 
vessels of at least 100 gross tons.

    (a) Each uninspected passenger vessel of at least 100 gross tons 
must have adequate survival craft with enough capacity for all persons 
aboard and must meet one of the following requirements:
    (1) An inflatable liferaft must be approved under 46 CFR part 160, 
subparts 160.051 or 160.151, and be equipped with an applicable 
equipment pack or be approved by another standard specified by the 
Commandant. Inflatable liferafts must be serviced at a servicing 
facility approved under 46 CFR part 160, subpart 160.151.
    (2) An inflatable buoyant apparatus must be approved under 46 CFR 
part 160, subpart 160.010 or under another standard specified by the 
Commandant. An inflatable buoyant apparatus must be serviced at a 
servicing facility approved under 46 CFR part 160, subpart 160.151.
    (b) If the vessel carries a small boat or boats, the capacity of the 
small boat or boat(s) may be counted toward the survival craft capacity 
required by this part. Such small boat or boat(s) must meet the 
requirements for safe loading and floatation in 33 CFR part 183.

[USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]