46-U.S.C.-80501
§80501 – Definitions
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Title 46 > Subtitle VIII > Chapter 805 > Section 80501
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- Reference: Section 80501
- Legend: §80501 – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
In this chapter:
(1) Container.—The term container has the meaning given that term in the Convention.
(2) Convention.—The term Convention means the International Convention for Safe Containers, and its annexes, done at Geneva, Switzerland, December 2, 1972.
(3) International transport.—The term international transport means the transportation of a container between—
(A) a place in a foreign country and a place in the jurisdiction of the United States; or
(B) two places outside the United States by United States carriers.
(4) Owner.—The term owner includes the lessee or bailee of a container if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owners responsibility for maintaining and examining the container.
(5) Safety approval plate.—The term safety approval plate has the meaning given that term in annex I of the Convention.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §11, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1694.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 80501 | 46 App.:1501. | Pub. L. 95–208, §2, Dec. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1475. |
In the definition of international transport, subparagraphs (A) and (B) are substituted for 46 App. U.S.C. 1501(d)(1)–(3) to eliminate unnecessary words.
In the definition of owner, the words includes the lessee or bailee of a container if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owners responsibility for maintaining and examining the container are substituted for means a person who owns a container, or, if a written lease or bailment provides for the lessee or bailee to exercise the owners responsibility for maintaining and examining the container, the lessee or bailee of a container, to the extent such agreement so provides to eliminate unnecessary words.
The definition of Secretary is omitted because a complete reference to the appropriate Secretary is used the first time the Secretary is named in each section. Throughout this chapter, the phrase Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is substituted for Secretary of Transportation because the Coast Guard has been transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (except when operating as a service in the Navy) by section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 116 Stat. 2249).
The definition of United States is omitted because United States is defined in chapter 1 of the revised title. The definitions of new container and existing container are omitted as obsolete.
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