---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 26.07"
title: "33"
number: "26.07"
heading: "Communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/26.07"
---

# §26.07. Communications.


No person may use the services of, and no person may serve as, a person required to maintain a listening watch under section 5 of the Act, [33 U.S.C. 1204](/usc/33/1204.md), unless the person can communicate in the English language.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36323, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28329, May 31, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 102, 33 U.S.C. 1201-1208; Pub. L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Rule 1, International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea.

### Source

Source: CGD 71-114R, 37 FR 12720, June 28, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36323, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28329, May 31, 1995]