---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 261.3"
title: "20"
number: "261.3"
heading: "Change of legal interpretation or administrative ruling."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/261.3"
---

# §261.3. Change of legal interpretation or administrative ruling.


A change of legal interpretation or administrative ruling upon which a decision is based does not render a decision erroneous and does not provide a basis for reopening.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 45713, Aug. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted.