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CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS – TITLE
33 – NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
PART 181—MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS
Subpart A—General
Sec. 181.1—Purpose and applicability
This part prescribes requirements for the certification
of boats and associated equipment and identification of boats
to which 46 U.S.C. Chapter 43 applies.
[CGD 85-002, 51 FR 37573, Oct. 23, 1986]
Sec. 181.3—Definitions
As used in this part:
Associated equipment means:
(1) Any system, part, or component of a boat
as originally manufactured or any similar part or component
manufactured or sold for replacement, repair, or improvement
of such system, part, or component;
(2) Any accessory or equipment for, or appurtenance
to, a boat; and
(3) Any marine safety article, accessory,
or equipment intended for use by a person on board a boat;
but
(4) Excluding radio equipment.
Boat means any vessel—
(1) Manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial
use;
(2) Leased, rented, or chartered to another
for the latter’s noncommercial use; or
Operated as an uninspected passenger vessel subject to the
requirements of 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter C.
Date of certification means the date on which
a boat or item of associated equipment is certified to comply
with all applicable U.S. Coast Guard safety standards in effect
on that date.
Date of manufacture means the month and year
during which construction or assembly of a boat or item of
associated equipment begins.
Manufacturer means any person engaged in:
(1) The manufacture, construction, or assembly
of boats or associated equipment; or
(2) The importation into the United States
for sale of boats, associated equipment, or components thereof.
Model year means the period beginning August
1 of any year and ending on July 31 of the following year.
Each model year is designated by the year in which it ends.
Private label merchandiser means any person
engaged in the business of selling and distributing, under
his own trade name, boats, or items of associated equipment
manufactured by another.
[CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33669, June 28, 1996;
61 FR 36786, July 12, 1996, as amended by USCG-1999-5040,
May 15, 2002]
Sec. 181.4—Incorporation by reference
(a) Certain materials are incorporated by reference
into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal
Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a). To enforce any
edition other than the one listed in paragraph (b) of this
section, notice of change must be published in the Federal
Register and the material made available to the public. All
approved material is on file at the Office of the Federal
Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington,
DC, and at the Lifesaving and Fire Safety Standards Division
(G-MSE-4), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001,
and is available from the sources listed in paragraph (b)
of this section.
(b) The materials approved for incorporation
by reference in this part, and the sections affected are:
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL)
12 Laboratory Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3995
UL 1123, Marine Buoyant Devices, 181.703, February 17, 1995.
[CGD 81-023, 55 FR 32034, Aug. 6, 1990,
as amended by CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13927, Mar. 28, 1996; CGD
96-026, 61 FR 33669, June 28, 1996; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR
40059, June 29, 2000]
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