29 CFR § 500.3 - Effective date of the Act; transition period; repeal of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s500.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 500.3 - Effective date of the Act; transition period; repeal of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "500.3"
section_name: "Effective date of the Act; transition period; repeal of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.3 Effective date of the Act; transition period; repeal of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act.
(a) The provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act are effective on April 14, 1983, and are codified in 29 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*
(b) The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act repeals the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 2041, *et seq.*), effective April 14, 1983.
(c) Violations of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act occurring prior to April 14, 1983, may be pursued by the Department of Labor after that date.