46 U.S.C. § 14306 — Reciprocity for foreign vessels
submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-509 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 122 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must accept a foreign vessel's measurement and certificate if that country's measurement laws are similar to this chapter's, or the country belongs to the Convention. This does not apply to a foreign vessel from a country that will not recognize measurements under this chapter. The Secretary can then apply whatever measurement standards fit, within any relevant treaty.
(a) If the Secretary finds a foreign country's vessel*-measurement laws are similar to this chapter's rules, or the country is a party to the Convention, the Secretary must accept that country's measurement and certificate as meeting this chapter's requirements.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a vessel from a country that does not recognize measurements made under this chapter. In that case, the Secretary may apply whatever measurement standards seem appropriate, subject to any applicable international agreements the United States has joined.
When the Secretary finds that the laws and regulations of a foreign country related to measurement of vessels are similar to those of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter, or when a foreign country is a party to the Convention, the Secretary shall accept the measurement and certificate of a vessel* of that foreign country as complying with this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter.
Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a vessel of a foreign country that does not recognize measurements under this chapter. The Secretary may apply measurement standards the Secretary considers appropriate to the vessel, subject to applicable international agreements to which the United States Government is a party.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1922.)
- 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-509 · 100 Stat. 1922
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