---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 530.206"
title: "29"
number: "530.206"
heading: "Special circumstances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/530.206"
---

# §530.206. Special circumstances.


At the discretion of the Administrator, a certificate need not be denied or revoked pursuant to §§ [530.204](/cfr/29/530.204.md) or [530.205](/cfr/29/530.205.md) of this subpart if the Administrator finds all of the following:

- (a) The certificate holder, despite the exercise of due care, did not know and did not have reason to know of the violations;
- (b) All back wages and civil money penalties found by the Administrator to be owing by the certificate holder have been paid; and
- (c) **The certificate holder has taken appropriate steps to prevent recurrence of the violations.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 53 FR 45723, Nov. 10, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066 (29 U.S.C. 211) as amended by sec. 9, 63 Stat. 910 (29 U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat. 584.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 729, Feb. 3, 1959, unless otherwise noted.