---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 53.201-1"
title: "48"
number: "53.201-1"
heading: "Contracting authority and responsibilities (SF 1402)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/53.201-1"
---

# §53.201-1. Contracting authority and responsibilities (SF 1402).


SF 1402 (10/83), Certificate of Appointment. SF 1402 is prescribed for use in appointing contracting officers, as specified in 1.603-3.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42637, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.