---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.1"
title: "33"
number: "183.1"
heading: "Purpose and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.1"
---

# §183.1. Purpose and applicability.


This part prescribes standards and regulations for boats and associated equipment to which 46 U.S.C. Chapter 43 applies and to which certification requirements in [Part 181](/cfr/33/part181.md) of this subchapter apply.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-098, 52 FR 19728, May 27, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-098, 52 FR 19728, May 27, 1987]