[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: 46CFR42.07-40]

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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 42.07_Control, Enforcement, and Rights of Appeal
 
Sec. 42.07-40  Recognized classification society as an assigning authority.

    (a) On behalf of the United States of America, under the provisions 
of Articles 13 and 16(3) and as provided in 46 U.S.C. 5107, the 
Commandant, at the request of a shipowner, may appoint any other 
recognized classification society, which he may approve, as the 
assigning and issuing authority who shall perform the same functions and 
duties

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as indicated in Sec. 42.07-35 for the American Bureau of Shipping.
    (b) The appointment of a recognized classification society as the 
assigning and issuing authority will be limited to vessels specifically 
designated by the Commandant.

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10053, July 12, 1968, as amended by USCG-1998-4442, 
63 FR 52190, Sept. 30, 1998]