Section 140.94 - Delegation of authority to the Director of the Market Participants Division and to the Director of the Division of Clearing and Risk(a) The Commission hereby delegates, until such time as the Commission orders otherwise, the following functions to the Director of the Market Participants Division and to such members of the Commission's staff acting under their direction as they may designate: (1) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 5.7 of this chapter;(2) All function reserved to the Commission in § 5.10 of this chapter;(3) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 5.11 of this chapter;(4) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 5.12 of this chapter, except for those relating to nonpublic treatment of reports set forth in § 5.12(i) of this chapter; and(5) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 5.14 of this chapter.(b) The Director of the Market Participants Division may submit any matter which has been delegated to him or her under paragraph (a) of this section to the Commission for its consideration.(c) The Commission hereby delegates, until such time as the Commission orders otherwise, the following functions to the Director of the Division of Clearing and Risk and to such members of the Commission's staff actingunder their direction as they may designate:(1) The authority to review applications for registration as a derivatives clearing organization filed with the Commission under § 39.3(a)(1) of this chapter, to determine that an application is materially complete pursuant to § 39.3(a)(2) of this chapter, to request additional information in support of an application pursuant to § 39.3(a)(4) of this chapter, to extend the review period for an application pursuant to § 39.3(a)(7) of this chapter, to stay the running of the 180-day review period if an application is incomplete pursuant to § 39.3(b)(1) of this chapter, to review requests for amendments to orders of registration filed with the Commission under § 39.3(d)(1) of this chapter, to request additional information in support of a request for an amendment to an order of registration pursuant to § 39.3(d)(2) of this chapter, and to request additional information in support of a rule submission pursuant to § 39.3(g)(3) of this chapter;(2) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.4(a) of this chapter;(3) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.5(b)(2), (b)(3)(ix), (c)(1), and (d)(3) of this chapter;(4) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.6 of this chapter, except for the authority to: (i) Grant an exemption under § 39.6(a) of this chapter;(ii) Prescribe conditions to an exemption under § 39.6(b) of this chapter;(iii) Modify or terminate an exemption under § 39.6(f)(4) of this chapter; and(iv) Terminate an exemption under § 39.6(g)(3) of this chapter.(5) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.10(c)(4)(iv) of this chapter;(6) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.11(b)(1)(v), (b)(2)(ii), (c)(1) and (3), and (f)(1), and (2) of this chapter;(7) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.12(a)(5)(iii) of this chapter;(8) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.13(g)(8)(ii), (h)(1)(i)(C), (h)(1)(ii), (h)(3)(i) and (ii), and (h)(5)(i)(C) of this chapter;(9) The authority to request additional information in support of a rule submission under §§ 39.13(i)(2) and 39.15(b)(2)(iii) of this chapter;(10) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.19(a), (b)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3)(iv), and (c)(5) of this chapter;(11) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.20(a)(5) of this chapter;(12) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.21(c) of this chapter;(13) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.31 of this chapter; and(14) The authority to approve the requests described in §§ 39.34(d) and 39.39(f) of this chapter.(15) All functions reserved to the Commission in § 39.51 of this chapter, except for the authority to: (i) Grant registration under § 39.51(a) of this chapter;(ii) Prescribe conditions to registration under § 39.51(b) of this chapter; and(iii) Modify registration under § 39.51(d)(4) of this chapter.(d) The Director of Clearing and Risk may submit any matter which has been delegated to them under paragraph (c) of this section to the Commission for its consideration.(e) Nothing in this section may prohibit the Commission, at its election, from exercising the authority delegated to the Director of the Market Participants Division under paragraph (a) or to the Director of the Division of Clearing and Risk under paragraph (c) of this section. 78 FR 22420 , Apr. 16, 2013, as amended at 78 FR 72514 , Dec. 2, 2013; 85 FR 4900 , Jan. 27, 2020; 85 FR 67189 , Oct. 21, 2020; 86 FR 968 , Jan. 7, 2021; 88 FR 53698 , Aug. 8, 2023 85 FR 4900 , 2/26/2020; 85 FR 67189 , 11/20/2020; 86 FR 968 , 2/8/2021; 88 FR 53698 , 9/7/2023; 89 FR 71813 , 9/4/2024