14 CFR § 296.5 - Agency relationships.

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title: "14 CFR § 296.5 - Agency relationships."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "296.5"
section_name: "Agency relationships."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "296"
part_name: "INDIRECT AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1261, 46 FR 54727, Nov. 4, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 296.5 Agency relationships.

An indirect cargo air carrier may act as agent of a shipper, or of a direct air carrier that has authorized such agency, rather than as an air carrier, if it expressly reserves the option to do so when the shipment is accepted.