---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 104.106"
title: "33"
number: "104.106"
heading: "Passenger access area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/104.106"
---

# §104.106. Passenger access area.

- (a) A ferry, passenger vessel, or cruise ship may designate areas within the vessel as passenger access areas.
- (b) A passenger access area is a defined space, within the area over which the owner or operator has implemented security measures for access control, of a ferry, passenger vessel, or cruise ship that is open to passengers. It is not a secure area and does not require a TWIC for unescorted access.
- (c) Passenger access areas may not include any areas defined as restricted areas in the VSP.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3579, Jan. 25, 2007, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35009, June 19, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70051, 70116, Chapter 701; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3579, Jan. 25, 2007, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35009, June 19, 2008]