46 U.S.C. § 4303 — Inspection and testing
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This section authorizes inspection and testing of recreational vessels and equipment. It concerns compliance with safety standards under this chapter.
The Secretary may inspect recreational vessels and associated equipment and may test them, or require testing, to determine whether they comply with safety regulations and standards issued under this chapter. The Secretary may use the results to administer and enforce those regulations.
Subject to regulations, supervision, and reviews that the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may delegate to a person, private or public agency*, or organization, or to an officer or employee under the supervision of that person or agency, any work, business, or function related to the testing, inspection, and examination necessary for compliance enforcement and for the development of data to enable the Secretary to prescribe regulations under section 4302 of this title.
The Secretary may—
conduct research, testing, and development necessary to carry out this chapter, including the procurement by negotiation or otherwise of experimental and other recreational vessels or associated equipment for research and testing purposes; and
subsequently sell those vessels.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 531.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 531
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