---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1.16"
title: "16"
number: "1.16"
heading: "Petition for exemption from trade regulation rule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1.16"
---

# §1.16. Petition for exemption from trade regulation rule.


Any person to whom a rule would otherwise apply may petition the Commission for an exemption from such rule. Petitions for exemptions will be handled in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedures as prescribed in [§ 1.31](/cfr/16/1.31.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 59852, Oct. 29, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 601 note; 15 U.S.C. 46; 15 U.S.C. 57a.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 46; 15 U.S.C. 57a; 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 601 note.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 8444, June 13, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 59852, Oct. 29, 2021]