46 CFR 117.15
§ 117.15 Applicability to existing vessels.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 117.15, § 117.15 Applicability to existing vessels, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227491
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An existing vessel must comply with the requirements of this part except as otherwise specified by this section.
(a) Each inflatable liferaft, inflatable buoyant apparatus, life float, and buoyant apparatus on the vessel on March 11, 1996, may be used to meet the requirements of this part as long as the survival craft is in good and serviceable condition.
(b) An existing vessel need not comply with § 117.78(a)(4) of this part.
(c) An existing vessel must comply with either § 117.210 of this part or with the regulations for rescue boats that were in effect for the vessel prior to March 11, 1996.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.