[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: 33CFR81.1]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 81_72 COLREGS: IMPLEMENTING RULES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 81.1  Definitions.









Sec.

81.1 Definitions.

81.3 General.



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                         Alternative Compliance



81.5 Application for a Certificate of Alternative Compliance.

81.9 Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Contents.

81.17 Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Termination.

81.18 Notice and record of certification of vessels of special 

          construction or purpose.



                               Exemptions



81.20 Lights and sound signal appliances.



    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1607; E.O. 11964; 49 CFR 1.46.



    Source: CGD 76-130, 42 FR 17111, Mar. 31, 1977, unless otherwise 

noted. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981.





    As used in this part:

    72 COLREGS refers to the International Regulations for Preventing 

Collisions at Sea, 1972, done at London, October 20, 1972, as rectified 

by the Proces-Verbal of December 1, 1973, as amended.

    A vessel of special construction or purpose means a vessel designed 

or modified to perform a special function and whose arrangement is 

thereby made relatively inflexible.

    Interference with the special function of the vessel occurs when 

installation or use of lights, shapes, or sound-signaling appliances 

under 72 COLREGS prevents or significantly hinders the operation in 

which the vessel is usually engaged.



[CGD 77-136, 47 FR 13799, Apr. 1, 1982]