---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 52.1"
title: "47"
number: "52.1"
heading: "Basis and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/52.1"
---

# §52.1. Basis and purpose.

- (a) **Basis.** These rules are issued pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, [47 U.S.C. 151](/usc/47/151.md) et. seq.
- (b) **Purpose.** The purpose of these rules is to establish, for the United States, requirements and conditions for the administration and use of telecommunications numbers for provision of telecommunications services.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 47353, Sept. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 227b-1, 251-252, 271, 303, 332, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 38637, July 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted.