[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: 46CFR61.20-1]

[Page 292]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61_PERIODIC TESTS AND INSPECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart 61.20_Periodic Tests of Machinery and Equipment
 
Sec. 61.20-1  Steering gear.


    (a) The marine inspector must inspect the steering gear at each 
inspection for certification for vessels whose Certificate of 
Inspections are renewed each year. For other vessels, the marine 
inspector must inspect the steering gear twice within a 5-year period, 
and no more than 3 years may elapse between any inspection and its 
immediate predecessor. The marine inspector may inspect the steering 
gear more often, if necessary.
    (b) All devices employed in the change-over from automatic to manual 
operation shall be examined and tested.

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-1999-4976, 
65 FR 6501, Feb. 9, 2000]