{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s3311","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3311.","heading":"Certificate of inspection required","text":"\u00a7\u202f3311.\nCertificate of inspection required\n(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel subject to inspection under this part may not be operated without having on board a certificate of inspection issued under\nsection 3309 of this title\n(b) The Secretary may direct the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel subject to inspection under this chapter and not having on board a certificate of inspection\u2014\n(1) to have the vessel proceed to mooring and remain there until a certificate of inspection is issued;\n(2) to take immediate steps necessary for the safety of the vessel, individuals on board the vessel, or the environment; or\n(3) to have the vessel proceed to a place to make repairs necessary to obtain a certificate of inspection.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s3311.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3311."},{"t":"heading","text":"Certificate of inspection required"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Except as provided in subsection (b), a vessel subject to inspection under this part may not be operated without having on board a certificate of inspection issued under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3309 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s3309","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The Secretary may direct the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel subject to inspection under this chapter and not having on board a certificate of inspection\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to have the vessel proceed to mooring and remain there until a certificate of inspection is issued;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to take immediate steps necessary for the safety of the vessel, individuals on board the vessel, or the environment; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3311/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to have the vessel proceed to a place to make repairs necessary to obtain a certificate of inspection.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}