Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Nov 24, 2025
§ 57.02-3 - Performance qualifications issued by other agencies.

(a) Within the limits of the qualification tests passed, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may accept welders who have been qualified by other agencies of the Federal Government; by the American Bureau of Shipping; or by the fabricator concerned.

(b) [Reserved]

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18872, Dec. 18, 1968. Redesignated by CGD 88-032, 56 FR 35832, July 29, 1991]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306,3703,E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; 49 CFR 1.46
source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18872, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50162, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 57.02-3