46-U.S.C.-4105

§4105 – Uninspected Passenger Vessels

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Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 41 > Section 4105

Details

• Reference: Section 4105
• Legend: §4105 – Uninspected Passenger Vessels
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) Chapter 43 of this title applies to an uninspected passenger vessel.

(b) Within twenty-four months of the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall, by regulation, require certain additional equipment which may include liferafts or other lifesaving equipment, construction standards, or specify additional operating standards for those uninspected passenger vessels defined in section 2101(42)(A) of this title.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 103–206, title V, §511(b), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2442.)

Section 4105 provides that an uninspected passenger vessel is subject to Chapter 43, as a recreational vessel even when it is carrying not more than six passengers.

References in Text

The date of enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 103–206, which was approved Dec. 20, 1993.

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–206 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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