CFR > Title 17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges > CHAPTER I—COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION > PART 140—ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION > SUBPART B—Functions (§140.10 to §140.99) > 140.77—Delegation of authority to determine that applications for contract market designation are materially incomplete.

140.77—Delegation of authority to determine that applications for contract market designation are materially incomplete.

(a) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hereby delegates, until such time as the Commission orders otherwise, to the Director of the Division of Market Oversight or the Director's designees, the authority to determine that an application for contract market designation is materially incomplete under section 6 of the Commodity Exchange Act and to so notify the applicant.
(b) The Director of the Division of Market Oversight may submit any matter which has been delegated to the director under paragraph (a) of this section to the Commission for its consideration.
(c) Nothing in this section may prohibit the Commission, at its election, from exercising the authority delegated to the Director of the Division of Market Oversight under paragraph (a) of this section.

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[48 FR 34946, Aug. 2, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 20638, May 14, 1992; 67 FR 62353, Oct. 7, 2002]