[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 16, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 16CFR602.1] [Page 531] TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PART 602_FAIR CREDIT REPORTING--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 602.1 Purpose, scope, and effective dates. (a)--(b) [Reserved] (c) Effective dates. The applicable provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act), Pub. L. 108-159, 117 Stat. 1952, shall be effective in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Provisions effective December 31, 2003. (i) Sections 151(a)(2), 212(e), 214(c), 311(b), and 711, concerning the relation to state laws; and (ii) Each of the provisions of the FACT Act that authorizes an agency to issue a regulation or to take other action to implement the applicable provision of the FACT Act or the applicable provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as amended by the FACT Act, but only with respect to that agency's authority to propose and adopt the implementing regulation or to take such other action. (2) [Reserved] [68 FR 74469, Dec. 24, 2003] [[Page 532]]