§ 280.12 - Applicability.

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(a) The requirements of the Fastener Quality Act and this part shall be applicable only to fasteners manufactured on or after June 1, 1999.

(b) Metal manufactured prior to June 1, 1999, may not be used to manufacture fasteners subject to the Act and this part unless the metal has been tested for chemistry pursuant to § 280.15 of this part by a laboratory accredited under the Act and this part and the chemical characteristics of the metal conform to those required by the standards and specifications.

(c) Nothing in the Act and this part prohibits selling finished fasteners manufactured prior to June 1, 1999, or representing that such fasteners meet standards and specifications of a consensus standards organization or a government agency.

                    
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