---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 159.005-1"
title: "46"
number: "159.005-1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/159.005-1"
---

# §159.005-1. Purpose.

- (a) This subpart contains the procedures by which the Coast Guard approves equipment and materials under other subparts of this subchapter that require—
  - (1) Preapproval inspections and tests by an independent laboratory;
  - (2) Preapproval inspections and tests by the manufacturer; or
  - (3) **No preapproval inspections or tests.**
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Section 159.001-9 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.