46 CFR § 42.01-1 - Authority for regulations.

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title: "46 CFR § 42.01-1 - Authority for regulations."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "42.01-1"
section_name: "Authority for regulations."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "LOAD LINES"
part_number: "42"
part_name: "DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."
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# 42.01-1 Authority for regulations.

The statutory authority to prescribe rules and regulations requiring certain vessels to have and display load line marks indicating the maximum amidship draft to which such vessels may be safely loaded and certification thereof by the assigning authority is in 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116.

[CGD 80-120, 47 FR 5721, Feb. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51043, Sept. 30, 1997]