[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.43]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Delegations
 
Sec.  1.43  General limitations and reservations.

    (a) All powers and duties that are not delegated by the Secretary in 
this subpart, or otherwise vested in officials other than the Secretary, 
are reserved to the Secretary. Except as otherwise provided, the 
Secretary may exercise powers and duties delegated or assigned to 
officials other than the Secretary.
    (b) Except as provided in Sec.  1.42 and subject to paragraph (a) of 
this section and Sec.  1.44, the Deputy Secretary, the Assistant 
Secretaries, the Inspector General, the General Counsel, and the 
Administrators exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated to 
them under this subpart.
    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the delegation 
of authority in Sec.  1.56b of this title to the Designated Senior 
Career Official in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation 
and International Affairs to make decisions in certain aviation hearing 
cases is exclusive, and may not be exercised by any other Departmental 
official, including the Secretary. The Secretary reserves (and delegates 
to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs) only 
the authority to make discretionary review of any such decision and to 
approve it or to remand it for reconsideration by the Designated Senior 
Career Official, with a full written explanation of the basis for the 
remand.

[Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83405, Dec. 18, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 1-199, 49 
FR 50996, Dec. 31, 1984; Amdt. 1-261, 59 FR 10061, 10063, Mar. 3, 1994]