---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 985.72"
title: "7"
number: "985.72"
heading: "Termination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/985.72"
---

# §985.72. Termination.

- (a) **Failure to effectuate.** The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of any or all of the provisions of this part upon a finding that such provisions obstruct or do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act.
- (b) **Referendum.** The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this subpart at the end of any marketing year upon a finding that such termination is favored by a majority of the producers who, during the preceding marketing year, produced for market more than 50 percent of the volume of oil so produced: Provided, That termination shall be effective only if announced before May 31 of the then current marketing year.
- (c) **Termination of act.** The provisions of this subpart shall, in any event, terminate whenever the provisions of the act authorizing them cease to be in effect.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 25040, Apr. 14, 1980, unless otherwise noted.