20 CFR § 703.1 - Scope of part.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s703.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 703.1 - Scope of part."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "703.1"
section_name: "Scope of part."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"
part_number: "703"
part_name: "INSURANCE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171  33 U.S.C. 901  42 U.S.C. 1651  43 U.S.C. 1333; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 26873, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "703"
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# 703.1 Scope of part.

Part 703 governs insurance carrier authorizations, insurance carrier security deposits, self-insurer authorizations, and certificates of compliance with the insurance regulations. These provisions are required by the LHWCA and apply to the extensions of the LHWCA except as otherwise provided in part 704 of this subchapter.