[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR2.01-13]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 2_VESSEL INSPECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 2.01_Inspecting and Certificating of Vessels
 
Sec. 2.01-13  Inspection requirements--foreign vessels.

    (a) Foreign vessels registered in countries which are parties to the 
effective International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea are 
normally subject to the examination provided for in Chapter I of that 
Convention. However, in the case of any vessel involving novel features 
of design or construction, upon which that Convention is silent or which 
involve potential unusual operating risks, a more extensive inspection 
may be required when considered necessary to safeguard the life or 
property in United States ports where such vessel may enter. In such a 
case, pertinent plans and/or calculations may be required to be 
submitted sufficiently in advance to permit evaluation before 
inspection.
    (b) Foreign vessels registered in countries which are not parties to 
the effective International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, or 
foreign vessels registered in countries which are parties to the 
effective Convention but which vessels are exempted from part or all of 
the Convention, may under conditions specified in applicable inspection 
laws be subject to inspection

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and certification as specified in regulations governing specific 
categories of vessels.
    (c) For details concerning application of regulations to foreign 
vessels, see part 30 (Tank Vessels), part 70 (Passenger Vessels), part 
90 (Cargo and Miscellaneous Vessels), Sec. 147.1 (Dangerous Cargoes), 
part 148 (Bulk Solid Hazardous Materials), parts 153 and 154 (Certain 
Bulk Dangerous Cargoes), and part 175 (Small Passenger Vessels) of this 
chapter.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16604, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 73-96, 42 FR 
49022, Sept. 26, 1977; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51041, Sept. 30, 1997]