[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: 46CFR46.01-15]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 46_SUBDIVISION LOAD LINES FOR PASSENGER VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 46.01_Purpose
 
Sec. 46.01-15  Application of regulations.

    (a) The regulations in this part establish subdivision load lines 
required on passenger vessels engaged in foreign voyages, as well as on 
passenger vessels of 150 gross tons or over engaged in coastwise or 
Great Lakes voyages.
    (b) When engaged in voyages subject to this part, no passenger 
vessel required to be marked with subdivision load lines shall depart 
from or arrive at any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United 
States, nor shall such United States vessel operate on the high seas nor 
the Great Lakes, unless such vessel has been marked with subdivision 
load lines in accordance with the regulations in this part, has on board 
a valid certificate certifying to the correctness of the location of 
such

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subdivision load line marks, and is otherwise in compliance with the 
applicable requirements of law and regulations in this part.
    (c) No passenger vessel of the United States of 150 gross tons or 
over and subject to 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116, shall engage in coastwise 
voyages or voyages on the Great Lakes unless such vessel has been marked 
with subdivision load lines in accordance with the regulations in this 
part and has on board a valid certificate certifying to the correctness 
of the location of such subdivision load line marks.
    (d) No foreign passenger vessel belonging to a country that has 
ratified or acceded to the applicable International Convention for 
Safety of Life at Sea shall arrive or depart from any port or place 
under the jurisdiction of the United States, and no foreign passenger 
vessel subject to 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116, shall arrive or depart from any 
port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, including 
ports on the Great Lakes, unless that vessel has been marked with 
subdivision load lines in accordance with the regulations in this part 
and has on board a valid certificate certifying to the correctness of 
the location of such subdivision load line marks.
    (e) Subdivision load lines shall be marked on both sides of 
passenger vessels where determined and in a manner described in subpart 
46.15 as applicable to the vessel's service. The subdivision load line 
certificates shall be in accordance with Sec. Sec. 46.10-30 and 46.10-
35.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965 as amended by CGD 80-120, 47 FR 
5723, Feb. 8, 1982; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51044, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1998-
4442, 63 FR 52190, Sept. 30, 1998]