---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 530.5"
title: "46"
number: "530.5"
heading: "Duty to file."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/530.5"
---

# §530.5. Duty to file.

- (a) The duty under this part to file service contracts, amendments, and notices shall be upon the individual carrier party or parties participating or eligible to participate in the service contract.
- (b) Filing may be accomplished by any duly agreed-upon agent, as the parties to the service contract may designate, and subject to conditions as the parties may agree.
- (c) **Registration—**
  - (1) **Application.** Authority to file or delegate the authority to file must be requested by a responsible official of the service contract carrier in writing by submitting to BTA the Registration Form (FMC-83) in Exhibit 1 to this part.
  - (2) **Approved registrations.** OIT shall provide approved Registrants a log-on ID and password for filing and amending service contracts and notify Registrants of such approval.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 41042, July 29, 1999; 76 FR 11680, Mar. 3, 2011; 85 FR 38089, June 25, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C., 40301-40306, 40501-40503, 41307, 46105.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 41042, July 29, 1999; 76 FR 11680, Mar. 3, 2011; 85 FR 38089, June 25, 2020]