[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR125.100]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 125_GENERAL--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  125.100  Applicability.



    (a) Except as provided by paragraph (c) of this section, this 

subchapter applies to each offshore supply vessel (OSV) of United States 

flag contracted for, or the keel of which was laid, on or after March 

15, 1996.

    (b) Each OSV contracted for, or the keel of which was laid, before 

March 15, 1996, must be constructed and inspected to comply with--

    (1) The regulations in effect until March 15, 1996 (46

    CFR subchapter I or subchapter T, as appropriate), as they existed 

at the time of construction; or

    (2) The regulations in this subchapter.

    (c) Each OSV permitted grandfathering under paragraph (b)(1) of this 

section must complete construction and have a Certificate of Inspection 

by March 16, 1998.

    (d) Certain regulations in this subchapter apply only to limited 

categories of OSVs. Specific statements of applicability appear at the 

beginnings of those regulations.

    (e) As used in this subchapter, the term ``vessels contracted for'' 

refers not only to the contracting for the construction of a vessel, but 

also to the contracting for a major alteration to a vessel, the 

contracting for the conversion of a vessel to an offshore supply vessel 

or liftboat, and the changing of service or route of a vessel if such 

changing increases or modifies the general requirements for the vessel 

or increases the hazards to which it might be subjected.



    Note: Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 8-91, ``Initial and 

Subsequent Inspection of Uncertificated Existing Offshore Supply 

Vessels, Including Liftboats'', contains guidance on how to apply the 

regulations in 46 CFR subchapters I and T to OSVs.