TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER Q - EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

PART 161 - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

161.013 - 11 - Prototype test.

  (a) Each manufacturer must test a prototype light identical to the lights to be certified prior to the labeling required by 161.01313.

  (b) If the prototype light fails to meet any of the general performance requirements of 161.0133 the lights must not be certified under this subpart.

  (c) Each manufacturer must: (1) Forward the test results within 30 days to the Commandant (G-MSE), U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 205930001; and (2) Retain records of the test results for at least 5 years, or as long as the light is manufactured and certified, whichever is longer.

[CGD 76183a, 44 FR 73054, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by CGD 88070, 53 FR 34536, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 95072, 60 FR 50467, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96041, 61 FR 50734, Sept. 27, 1996]