{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-160.135-23","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 160.135-23","heading":"-23 Procedure for approval of design, material, or construction change.","body":"(a) Each change in design, material, or construction from the plans approved under 46 CFR 159.005-13 and § 160.135-13(h) of this subpart must be approved by the Commandant before being used in any production lifeboat. The manufacturer must submit any such change following the procedures in § 160.135-9 of this subpart, but documentation on items that are unchanged from the plans approved under 46 CFR 159.005-13 and § 160.135-13(h) of this subpart need not be resubmitted.\n(b) Unless determined by the Commandant to be unnecessary, a prototype lifeboat with each change described in paragraph (a) of this section must be made and tested according to the procedures for new approvals in §§ 160.135-9 through 160.135-13 of this subpart.\n(c) Determinations of equivalence of design, construction, and materials will be made by the Commandant only.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL","PART 160—LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT","Subpart 160.135—Lifeboats"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"89a7b181ade0083a48ed88401548f2cd1a1e5a5eeb550f7b3719b1b39cb778a8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-160.135-21","next":"us/46-cfr-160.151-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}