---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 104.140"
title: "33"
number: "104.140"
heading: "Alternative Security Programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/104.140"
---

# §104.140. Alternative Security Programs.


A vessel owner or operator may use an Alternative Security Program as approved under [§ 101.120](/cfr/33/101.120.md) of this subchapter if:

- (a) The Alternative Security Program is appropriate to that class of vessel;
- (b) The vessel is not subject to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974; and
- (c) **The Alternative Security Program is implemented in its entirety.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60513, Oct. 22, 2003]

### 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-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60513, Oct. 22, 2003]