---identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s2570.80"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "29 CFR § 2570.80 - Scope of rules."title_number: 29title_name: "Labor"section_number: "2570.80"section_name: "Scope of rules."chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "G"subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974"part_number: "2570"part_name: "PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 8477; 29 U.S.C. 1002(40), 1021, 1108, 1132, and 1135; sec. 102, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App at 672 (2006); Secretary of Labor's Order 3-2010, 75 FR 55354 (September 10, 2010)"regulatory_source: "53 FR 37476, Sept. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "2570"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t29/s2570.80
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 8477; 29 U.S.C. 1002(40), 1021, 1108, 1132, and 1135; sec. 102, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App at 672 (2006); Secretary of Labor's Order 3-2010, 75 FR 55354 (September 10, 20... 5 U.S.C. 8477; 29 U.S.C. 1002(40), 1021, 1108, 1132, and 1135; sec. 102, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App at 672 (2006); Secretary of Labor's Order 3-2010, 75 FR 55354 (September 10, 2010)
# 2570.80 Scope of rules.The rules of practice set forth in this subpart are applicable to “502(l) civil penalty proceedings” (as defined in § 2570.82 of this subpart) under section 502(l) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). Refer to 29 CFR 2560.502-1 for the definition of the relevant terms of ERISA section 502(l).