[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR51.6]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 51_COAST GUARD DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 51.6  Propriety standard of review.



    A discharge is deemed to be proper except that:

    (a) A discharge may be improper if an error of fact, law, procedure, 

or discretion was associated with the discharge at the time of issuance 

which prejudiced the rights of the applicant.

    (b) A discharge may be improper if there has been a change in policy 

by the Coast Guard made expressly retroactive to the type of discharge 

under consideration.