46 U.S.C. § 3204 — Implementation of safety management system
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-324 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 140 words · no verdicts yet
Each responsible person must submit a safety-management plan for approval. A covered vessel may not operate without its required Safety Management Certificate and Document of Compliance.
(a) Each responsible person must establish and submit to the Secretary for approval a safety-management plan explaining how the person and covered vessels will comply with the regulations under section 3203(a).
(b) The Secretary must review a submitted plan and approve it if it is consistent with, and will help implement, the safety-management system established under section 3203.
(c) A vessel* covered by section 3202(a) may not operate without carrying a Safety Management Certificate and a copy of a Document of Compliance issued for the vessel under section 3205.
Each responsible person shall establish and submit to the Secretary for approval a safety management plan describing how that person and vessels of the person to which this chapter applies will comply with the regulations prescribed under section 3203(a) of this title.
Upon receipt of a safety management plan submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall review the plan and approve it if the Secretary determines that it is consistent with and will assist in implementing the safety management system established under section 3203.
A vessel to which this chapter applies under section 3202(a) may not be operated without having on board a Safety Management Certificate and a copy of a Document of Compliance issued for the vessel under section 3205 of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 602(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3929.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-324 · 110 Stat. 3929
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-324 on 1996-10-19.
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