46 U.S.C. § 80504 — Approval and examination
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-304 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 213 words · no verdicts yet
This law sets container approval rules based on the owner's location. Owners based in the U.S. use Secretary- or Convention-country-approved procedures for both approval and exams. Owners based outside all Convention countries can still ask the Secretary for approval.
(a) Domicile and Principal Office in United States. If a container* owner* is both domiciled and has its main office in the United States, the container must be:
(1) initially approved, under procedures set by the Secretary of the department running the Coast Guard, or by another Convention* country's government; and
(2) periodically examined, as the Convention requires, under procedures the Secretary sets.
(b) Domicile or Principal Office in United States. If the owner is domiciled in the United States or has its main office here (but not necessarily both), the container must be:
(1) initially approved, under procedures the Secretary sets or another Convention country's government sets; and
(2) periodically examined, as the Convention requires, under procedures set by the government of whichever country the owner is domiciled in or has its main office in — as long as that country is a Convention party.
(c) Neither Domicile Nor Principal Office in United States. If the owner is domiciled and has its main office outside both the United States and any other Convention country, the owner can still submit the container for initial approval and periodic examination under procedures the Secretary sets.
A container* owner* domiciled and having its principal office in the United States shall have the container—
approved initially under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating or by the government of another country that is a party to the Convention*; and
examined periodically as provided in the Convention under procedures prescribed by the Secretary.
A container owner domiciled or having its principal office in the United States shall have the container—
approved initially under procedures prescribed by the Secretary or by the government of another country that is a party to the Convention; and
examined periodically as provided in the Convention, under procedures prescribed by the government of the country in which the owner is domiciled or has its principal office, as long as that country is a party to the Convention.
A container owner neither domiciled nor having its principal office in the United States or another country that is a party to the Convention may submit a container for initial approval and periodic examination under procedures prescribed by the Secretary.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 11, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1695.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-304 · 120 Stat. 1695
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 109-304 on 2006-10-06.
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