---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1203.30"
title: "16"
number: "1203.30"
heading: "Purpose, basis, and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1203.30"
---

# §1203.30. Purpose, basis, and scope.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purpose of this subpart is to establish requirements that manufacturers and importers of bicycle helmets subject to the Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets ([subpart A](/cfr/16/subpartA.md) of this part 1203) shall issue certificates of compliance in the form specified.
- (b) **Basis.** Section 14(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), [15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1)](/usc/15/2063.md?p=a-1), requires every manufacturer (including importers) and private labeler of a product which is subject to a consumer product safety standard to issue a certificate that the product conforms to the applicable standard. [Section 14(a)(1)](/cfr/16/14.md?p=a-1) further requires that the certificate be based either on a test of each product or on a “reasonable testing program.” The Commission may, by rule, designate one or more of the manufacturers and private labelers as the persons who shall issue the required certificate. [15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(2)](/usc/15/2063.md?p=a-2).
- (c) **Scope.** The provisions of this subpart apply to all bicycle helmets that are subject to the requirements of the Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets, [subpart A](/cfr/16/subpartA.md) of this part 1203.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058, and 6001-6006. Subpart B is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2063. Subpart C is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2065.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 11729, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted.