50 CFR § 635.51 - Authorized officer.

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title: "50 CFR § 635.51 - Authorized officer."
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section_name: "Authorized officer."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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# 635.51 Authorized officer.

For the purposes of this subpart, an authorized officer is a person appointed by an ICCAT contracting party to conduct inspections for the purpose of determining compliance with ICCAT conservation and management measures and who possesses identification issued by the authorized officer's national government.

[79 FR 72559, Dec. 8, 2014]