{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12303","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12303.","heading":"Exemption from numbering requirements","text":"\u00a7\u202f12303.\nExemption from numbering requirements\n(a) When the Secretary is the authority issuing a number under this chapter, the Secretary may exempt a vessel or class of vessels from the numbering requirements of this chapter under conditions the Secretary may prescribe.\n(b) When a State is the issuing authority, it may exempt from the numbering requirements of this chapter a vessel or class of vessels exempted under subsection (a) of this section or otherwise as permitted by the Secretary.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12303.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12303","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12303."},{"t":"heading","text":"Exemption from numbering requirements"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12303/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" When the Secretary is the authority issuing a number under this chapter, the Secretary may exempt a vessel or class of vessels from the numbering requirements of this chapter under conditions the Secretary may prescribe.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12303/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" When a State is the issuing authority, it may exempt from the numbering requirements of this chapter a vessel or class of vessels exempted under subsection (a) of this section or otherwise as permitted by the Secretary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}