20CFR718.2 - Applicability of this part.


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CFR

Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter VI

Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor

Part 718

Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability or Death Due to Pneumoconiosis

Subpart A

General

20 CFR 718.2 - Applicability of this part.

Section Number: 718.2
Section Name: Applicability of this part.

   With the exception of the second sentence of Sec.  718.204(a), this 
part is applicable to the adjudication of all claims filed after March 
31, 1980, and considered by the Secretary of Labor under section 422 of 
the Act and part 725 of this subchapter. The second sentence of Sec.  
718.204(a) is applicable to the adjudication of all claims filed after 
January 19, 2001. If a claim subject to the provisions of section 435 
of the Act and subpart C of part 727 of this subchapter (see 20 CFR 
725.4(d)) cannot be approved under that subpart, such claim may be 
approved, if appropriate, under the provisions contained in this part. 
The provisions of this part shall, to the extent appropriate, be 
construed together in the adjudication of all claims.