7 U.S.C. § 2154 : US Code - Section 2154: Effective dates

Search 7 U.S.C. § 2154 : US Code - Section 2154: Effective dates

The regulations referred to in sections 2140 and 2143 of this
title shall be prescribed by the Secretary as soon as reasonable
but not later than six months from August 24, 1966. Additions and
amendments thereto may be prescribed from time to time as may be
necessary or advisable. Compliance by dealers with the provisions
of this chapter and such regulations shall commence ninety days
after the promulgation of such regulations. Compliance by research
facilities with the provisions of this chapter and such regulations
shall commence six months after the promulgation of such
regulations, except that the Secretary may grant extensions of time
to research facilities which do not comply with the standards
prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 2143 of this title
provided that the Secretary determines that there is evidence that
the research facilities will meet such standards within a
reasonable time. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
section, compliance by intermediate handlers, and carriers, and
other persons with those provisions of this chapter, as amended by
the Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976, and those regulations
promulgated thereunder, which relate to actions of intermediate
handlers and carriers, shall commence 90 days after promulgation of
regulations under section 2143 of this title, as amended, with
respect to intermediate handlers and carriers, and such regulations
shall be promulgated no later than 9 months after April 22, 1976;
and compliance by dealers, exhibitors, operators of auction sales,
and research facilities with other provisions of this chapter, as
so amended, and the regulations thereunder, shall commence upon the
expiration of 90 days after April 22, 1976: Provided, however, That
compliance by all persons with subsections (b), (c), and (d) of
section 2143 and with section 2156 of this title, as so amended,
shall commence upon the expiration of said ninety-day period. In
all other respects, said amendments shall become effective on April
22, 1976.