---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 61.01-1"
title: "46"
number: "61.01-1"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/61.01-1"
---

# §61.01-1. Scope.

- (a) Periodic tests and inspection must be made of the main and auxiliary machinery, boilers, and other equipment as prescribed in this part.
- (b) The inspections and tests must ensure that the equipment and associated structure are in satisfactory operating conditions and fit for the service for which they are intended.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48050, Sept. 18, 1995

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50186, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3307, 3703; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48050, Sept. 18, 1995