IMO Resolution A.657(16)
Instructions for Action in Survival Craft
Published by International Maritime Organization (IMO)
The CFR incorporates IMO Resolution A.657(16) by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The 2 editions the CFR requires
Different parts name different editions; each applies where its part says so. Newest first.
IMO Resolution A.657(16), adopted October 1989
As the CFR lists it: “IMO Resolution A.657(16), Instructions for Action in Survival Craft, (adopted October 1989)”
- Listed in 46 CFR 160.151-5(d)(1); required by46 CFR 160.151-21 ↗
IMO Resolution A.657(16), adopted October 19, 1989
As the CFR lists it: “Resolution A.657(16), Instructions for Action in Survival Craft, adopted October 19, 1989”
- Listed in 46 CFR 199.05(b)(5); required by46 CFR 199.175
How to read it
- Read it freeIMO Index of Resolutions ↗
IMO's index of its resolutions, with each resolution's text.
- Where to get itIMO Publishing ↗
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