---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1211.1"
title: "12"
number: "1211.1"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1211.1"
---

# §1211.1. Definitions.


As used in this part:

Approval means a written statement issued to a regulated entity or the Office of Finance approving a transaction, activity, or item that requires FHFA approval under a statute, rule, regulation, policy, or order.

Non-Objection Letter means a written statement issued to a regulated entity or the Office of Finance providing that FHFA does not object to a proposed transaction or activity.

Regulatory Interpretation means a written interpretation issued by the FHFA General Counsel with respect to the application of a statute, rule, regulation, or order to a proposed transaction or activity.

Requester means an entity that has submitted an application for a Waiver or Approval or a request for a Non-Objection Letter or Regulatory Interpretation.

Waiver means a written statement issued by the Director to a regulated entity or the Office of Finance that waives a provision, restriction, or requirement of an FHFA rule, regulation, policy, or order, or a required submission of information, not otherwise required by law, in connection with a particular transaction or activity.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4511(b), 4513(a), 4526.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 64665, Oct. 31, 2014, unless otherwise noted.