---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 43.7"
title: "17"
number: "43.7"
heading: "Delegation of authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/43.7"
---

# §43.7. Delegation of authority.

- (a) **Authority.** The Commission hereby delegates, until it orders otherwise, to the Director of the Division of Data or such other employee or employees as the Director may designate, the authority:
  - (1) To publish the technical specification providing the form and manner for reporting and publicly disseminating the swap transaction and pricing data elements in appendix A of this part as described in §§ [43.3(d)(1)](/cfr/17/43.3.md?p=d-1) and [43.4(a)](/cfr/17/43.4.md?p=a);
  - (2) To determine cap sizes as described in § [43.4(g)](/cfr/17/43.4.md?p=g) and [(h)](/cfr/17/43.4.md?p=h);
  - (3) To determine whether swaps fall within specific swap categories as described in § [43.6(b)](/cfr/17/43.6.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/17/43.6.md?p=c); and
  - (4) To determine and publish post-initial appropriate minimum block sizes as described in [§ 43.6(g)](/cfr/17/43.6.md?p=g).
- (b) **Submission for Commission consideration.** The Director of the Division of Data may submit to the Commission for its consideration any matter that has been delegated pursuant to this section.
- (c) **Commission reserves authority.** Nothing in this section prohibits the Commission, at its election, from exercising the authority delegated in this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 32940, May 31, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 75485, Nov. 25, 2020; 89 FR 71812, Sept. 4, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2(a), 12a(5) and 24a, as amended by Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).

### Source

Source: 76 FR 1243, Jan. 9, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 32940, May 31, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 75485, Nov. 25, 2020; 89 FR 71812, Sept. 4, 2024]