[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR2.5]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 2_JURISDICTION--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 2.5  Specific definitions control.



    In cases where a particular statute, regulation, policy or procedure 

provides a specific jurisdictional definition that differs from the 

definitions contained in this part, the former definition controls.



    Note to Sec. 2.5: For example, the definition of ``inland waters'' 

in the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2003(o)) would 

control the interpretation of inland



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navigation rules created under that Act and the ``inland waters'' 

definition in 46 CFR 10.103 would control regulations in 46 CFR part 10. 

Also, in various laws administered and enforced by the Coast Guard, the 

terms ``State'' and ``United States'' are defined to include some or all 

of the territories and possessions of the United States. The definitions 

in Sec. Sec. 2.36 and 2.38 should be considered as supplementary to 

these statutory definitions and not as interpretive of them.