---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 531.8"
title: "46"
number: "531.8"
heading: "Amendment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/531.8"
---

# §531.8. Amendment.

- (a) NSAs may be amended by mutual agreement of the parties.
- (b) Where feasible, NSAs should be amended by amending only the affected specific term(s) or subterms.
- (c) Each time any part of an NSA is amended, a consecutive amendment number (up to three digits), beginning with the number “1” shall be assigned.
- (d) Each time any part of an NSA is amended, the “Effective Date” will be the date of the amendment or a future date agreed to by the parties.

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 40103.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018]