[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: 33CFR96.360]



[Page 240]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 96_RULES FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF VESSELS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT 

SYSTEMS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart C_How Will Safety Management Systems Be Certificated and 

                                Enforced?

 

Sec. 96.360  Interim Safety Management Certificate: what is it and 

when can it be used?



    (a) A responsible person may apply for an Interim Safety Management 

Certificate when--

    (1) A responsible person takes delivery of a new U.S. vessel; or

    (2) Takes responsibility for the management of a U.S. vessel which 

is new to the responsible person or their company.

    (b) An Interim Safety Management Certificate is valid for 6 months. 

It may be issued to a U.S. vessel which meets the conditions of 

paragraph (a) of this section, when--

    (1) The company's valid Document of Compliance certificate or 

Interim Document of Compliance certificate applies to that vessel type;

    (2) The company's safety management system for the vessel includes 

the key elements of a safety management system, set out in Sec. 96.220, 

applicable to this new type of vessel;

    (3) The company's safety management system has been assessed during 

the safety management audit to issue the Document of Compliance 

certificate or demonstrated for the issuance of the Interim Document of 

Compliance certificate;

    (4) The Master and senior officers of the vessel are familiar with 

the safety management system and the planned set up arrangements;

    (5) Written documented instructions have been extracted from the 

safety management system and given to the vessel prior to sailing;

    (6) The company plans an internal audit of the vessel within three 

months; and

    (7) The relevant information from the safety management system is 

written in English, and in any other language understood by the vessel's 

personnel.