---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 82.1"
title: "33"
number: "82.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/82.1"
---

# §82.1. Purpose.


This part contains the interpretative rules concerning the 72 COLREGS that are adopted by the Coast Guard for the guidance of the public.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 76-133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 102, 503; 33 U.S.C. 1602; E.O. 11964, 42 FR 4327, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 88; 49 CFR 1.46(n).

### Amendments

[CGD 76-133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981]