---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 97.01-1"
title: "46"
number: "97.01-1"
heading: "General; preemptive effect."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/97.01-1"
---

# §97.01-1. General; preemptive effect.

- (a) The provisions of this part shall apply to all vessels except as specifically noted in this part.
- (b) **The regulations in this part have preemptive effect over State or local regulations in the same field.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2006-24797, 77 FR 33881, June 7, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2006-24797, 77 FR 33881, June 7, 2012]