46 CFR § 116.400 - Application.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s116.400"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 116.400 - Application."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "116.400"
section_name: "Application."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS CARRYING MORE THAN 150 PASSENGERS OR WITH OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MORE THAN 49 PASSENGERS"
part_number: "116"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277, DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 900, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "116"
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# 116.400 Application.
(a) This subpart applies to:
(1) Vessels carrying more than 150 passengers; or
(2) Vessels with overnight accommodations for more than 49 passengers but not more than 150 passengers.
(b) A vessel with overnight accommodations for more than 150 passengers must comply with § 72.05 in subchapter H of this chapter.
(c) Vessels meeting the structural fire protection requirements of SOLAS, Chapter II-2, Regulations 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11 (incorporated by reference, see § 114.600 of this chapter), when combined with the requirements in § 116.438, may be considered equivalent to the provisions of this subpart.
[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 900, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48269, July 22, 2016]; USCG-2020-0519, 89 FR 76701, Sept. 18, 2024]