---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 179.115"
title: "46"
number: "179.115"
heading: "Applicability to existing vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/179.115"
---

# §179.115. Applicability to existing vessels.


An existing vessel must comply with the subdivision, damage stability, and watertight integrity regulations which were applicable to the vessel on March 10, 1996, or, as an alternative, the vessel may comply with the regulations in this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 971, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.