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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1605. Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose
(a) Certification for alternative compliance
Any requirement of the International Regulations with respect to
the number, position, range, or arc of visibility of lights, with
respect to shapes, or with respect to the disposition and
characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not be
applicable to a vessel of special construction or purpose, whenever
the Secretary of the Navy, for any vessel of the Navy, or the
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating,
for any other vessel of the United States, shall certify that the
vessel cannot comply fully with that requirement without
interfering with the special function of the vessel.
(b) Closest possible compliance by vessels covered by certification
for alternative compliance
Whenever a certification is issued under the authority of
subsection (a) of this section, the vessel involved shall comply
with the requirement as to which the certification is made to the
extent that the Secretary issuing the certification shall certify
as the closest possible compliance by that vessel.
(c) Publication of certifications in Federal Register
Notice of the certifications issued pursuant to subsections (a)
and (b) of this section shall be published in the Federal Register.
(d) Issuance of certification for a class of vessels
A certification authorized by this section may be issued for a
class of vessels.
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