[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR222.3]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.3  Contents of delegations.

    (a) Delegations of authority shall ordinarily be made by position 
title rather than by name of the individual involved. An officer or 
executive acting in the absence of a principal has the principal's full 
authority.
    (b) When authority is delegated to an officer, the officers above 
that officer shall have the same authority. Delegated authority shall 
not extend to aides except when an aide serves on an acting basis (see 
paragraph (a) of this section) or unless the aide is specifically 
authorized by the superior to exercise such authority.
    (c) A delegation must agree with the law and regulations under which 
it is made and contain such specific limiting conditions as may be 
appropriate.

[51 FR 40797, Nov. 10, 1986]