---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 560.101"
title: "30"
number: "560.101"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/560.101"
---

# §560.101. What is the purpose of this part?


This part 560 implements the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), [43 U.S.C. 1331](/usc/43/1331.md) et seq., as amended, by providing regulations to foster competition including, but not limited to:

- (a) Implementing alternative bidding systems;
- (b) Prohibiting joint bidding for development rights by certain types of joint ventures; and
- (c) **Establishing diligence requirements for Federal OCS leases.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 81 FR 18175, Mar. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: Section 104, Public Law 97-451, 96 Stat. 2451 (30 U.S.C. 1714), Public Law 109-432, Div C, Title I, 120 Stat. 3000; 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334; 33 U.S.C. 2704, 2716; E.O. 12777, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 43 U.S.C. 1337.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 81 FR 18175, Mar. 30, 2016]