---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 80.20"
title: "46"
number: "80.20"
heading: "Exception to requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/80.20"
---

# §80.20. Exception to requirements.

- (a) This part does not apply to vessels that comply with the safety standards set forth in the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.
- (b) If the exception in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section applies, the country of registry must appear in printed advertising or promotional literature as described in [§ 80.30(a)](/cfr/46/80.30.md?p=a), in a type no smaller than six points, American point system.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 72-187R, 38 FR 9081, Apr. 10, 1973, as amended by CGD 79-180, 48 FR 7456, Feb. 22, 1983; CGD 90-008, 55 FR 30661, July 26, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-187R, 38 FR 9081, Apr. 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 72-187R, 38 FR 9081, Apr. 10, 1973, as amended by CGD 79-180, 48 FR 7456, Feb. 22, 1983; CGD 90-008, 55 FR 30661, July 26, 1990]