---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 179.01"
title: "33"
number: "179.01"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/179.01"
---

# §179.01. Purpose.


This part prescribes rules to implement [46 U.S.C. 4310](/usc/46/4310.md), governing the notification of defects in boats and associated equipment.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13926, Mar. 28, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 4302, 4307, 4310, and 4311; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; 49 CFR 1.46.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-55R, 37 FR 15776, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13926, Mar. 28, 1996]