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kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 550.508"
title: "46"
number: "550.508"
heading: "Publication, content, and effective date of regulation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/550.508"
---

# §550.508. Publication, content, and effective date of regulation.


The Commission shall incorporate in any regulations adopted under the rules of this part a concise statement of their basis and purpose. Regulations shall be published in the Federal Register. Except where conditions warrant and for good cause, regulations promulgated under the rules of this part shall not become effective until at least 30 days after the date of publication.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. 301-307; sec. 19 (a)(2), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. 42101 and 42104-42109; and sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46 U.S.C. 42301-42307.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 64910, Dec. 10, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 8008, Feb. 18, 1999.