14 CFR § 253.1 - Purpose.

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title: "14 CFR § 253.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "253.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
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subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "253"
part_name: "NOTICE OF TERMS OF CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE"
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# 253.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to set uniform disclosure requirements, which preempt any State requirements on the same subject, for terms incorporated by reference into contracts of carriage for scheduled service in interstate and overseas passenger air transportation.

[ER-1302, 47 FR 52134, Nov. 19, 1982, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15932, Apr. 16, 2019]