[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 12, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 12CFR212.1] [Page 391-392] TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PART 212--MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL INTERLOCKS--Table of Contents Sec. 212.1 Authority, purpose, and scope. (a) Authority. This part is issued under the provisions of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks [[Page 392]] Act (Interlocks Act) (12 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), as amended. (b) Purpose. The purpose of the Interlocks Act and this part is to foster competition by generally prohibiting a management official from serving two nonaffiliated depository organizations in situations where the management interlock likely would have an anticompetitive effect. (c) Scope. This part applies to management officials of state member banks, bank holding companies, and their affiliates.