46 U.S.C. § 4308 — Termination of unsafe operation
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-89 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 105 words · no verdicts yet
An enforcement official may order immediate safety measures when a recreational vessel is especially hazardous because of missing safety equipment, overloading, or another unsafe condition. The order may require the vessel to return to a mooring and stay there until the danger ends.
If an official enforcing this chapter sees a recreational vessel* operating without enough lifesaving or firefighting devices, overloaded, or in another unsafe condition defined by regulations, and the official believes its operation creates an especially hazardous condition, the official may direct the person in charge to take immediate reasonable steps needed to protect people aboard. This may include ordering the person to return to a mooring and remain there until the hazardous situation is corrected or ends.
If an official charged with the enforcement of this chapter observes a recreational vessel* being operated without sufficient lifesaving or firefighting devices or in an overloaded or other unsafe condition (as defined in regulations prescribed under this chapter) and, in the judgment of the official, the operation creates an especially hazardous condition, the official may direct the individual in charge of the recreational vessel to take immediate and reasonable steps necessary for the safety of individuals on board the vessel, including directing the individual in charge to return to a mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the hazard is corrected or ended.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 99–307, § 1(9), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 445.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 532
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-307 · 100 Stat. 445
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