[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR42.05-30]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 42_DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart 42.05_Definition of Terms Used in This Subchapter
 
Sec. 42.05-30  Existing vessel.

    (a) As used in this part 42, for a vessel engaged on international 
voyages or on

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domestic voyages by sea, the term existing vessel means a vessel which 
is not a new vessel. With few exceptions an existing vessel is a vessel 
the keel of which was laid, or which was at a similar stage of 
construction, prior to July 21, 1968. (See Sec. 42.05-50 for the 
definition of a new vessel.)
    (b)-(c) [Reserved]
    (d) As used in part 44 of this subchapter, for a vessel marked with 
load lines for special service on a coastwise or interisland voyage, the 
term existing vessel means one whose keel was laid prior to September 
28, 1937. (See Sec. 44.01-20 of this subchapter.)
    (e) As used in part 45 of this subchapter, existing vessel in all 
regulations pertaining to a vessel engaged solely on Great Lakes voyages 
before April 14, 1973, means a vessel whose keel was laid before August 
27, 1936. The regulations pertaining to these vessels that are in effect 
after April 14, 1973, do not use the term existing vessel.
    (f) As used in part 46 of this subchapter, for a passenger vessel 
marked with subdivision load lines, the term existing vessel means a 
vessel whose keel was laid or was converted to such service prior to May 
26, 1965. (See Sec. 46.05-30 of this subchapter.)

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10051, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 
12290, May 10, 1973; CGD 80-120, 47 FR 5722, Feb. 8, 1982]