---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 126.480"
title: "46"
number: "126.480"
heading: "Safety Management Certificate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/126.480"
---

# §126.480. Safety Management Certificate.

- (a) All offshore supply vessels of 500 gross tons or over to which [33 CFR part 96](/cfr/33/part96.md) applies, on an international voyage must have a valid Safety Management Certificate and a copy of their company's valid Document of Compliance certificate on board.
- (b) **A Safety Management Certificate is issued for a period of not more than 60 months.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 95-073, 62 FR 67515, Dec. 24, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3205, 3306, 3307, 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49324, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 95-073, 62 FR 67515, Dec. 24, 1997]