§ 87.4 - Severability.

§ 87.4 Severability.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 15723, Mar. 4, 2024.

Any To the extent that any provision of this part held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to continue to give maximum effect to the provision permitted by law, unless such holding shall be one of utter invalidity or unenforceability, in which event the provision shall be severable from this part and shall not affect the remainder thereof or the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.

[85 FR 82147, Dec. 17, 2020

is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Department intends for all other provisions that are capable of operating in the absence of the specific provision that has been invalidated to remain in effect.

[89 FR 15723, Mar. 4, 2024]