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Secondary Legislation

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6.2 Secondary (subordinate) legislation

Federal regulations are made under the authority of an act and are found in the following series:

Federal Register – online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html and in HeinOnline, WestlaweCarswell (from 1981 onwards, Database identifier: FR) and LexisNexis Quicklaw.

The Federal Register contains the regulations made under the authority of an Act.

The Code of Federal Regulations – online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html and WestlaweCarswell (Database identifier: CFR) and LexisNexis Quicklaw.

A new Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is issued on January 1^st of each year. It is a codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations published originally in the Federal Register by executive departments and agencies of the federal government. For more recent regulations one consults the issues of the Federal Register.

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