PART 211—APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS Authority: 39 U.S.C. 201, 202, 205, 401-404, 406, 407, 410, 411, 413, 414, 416, 1001-1011, 1201-1209, 2008-2010, 2201, 2601-2605, 2901-2902, 3001-3018, 3201-3220, 3401-3406, 3621-3629, 3631-3633, 3641, 3654, 3681-3685, 3691, 5001-5007, 5401-5403, 5601-5605; 39 U.S.C. note. Source: 38 FR 20402, July 31, 1973, unless otherwise noted. § 211.1 Disposition of former title 39, U.S.C. Except as otherwise continued in effect as postal regulations, all provisions of former title 39, U.S.C., which were continued in effect as regulations of the Postal Service by section 5(f) of the Postal Reorganization Act, are revoked. This revocation does not apply to postal regulations which embody or are derived from provisions of former title 39. § 211.2 Regulations of the Postal Service. (a) The regulations of the Postal Service consist of the following, any of which may, but are not required to, be published in the Federal Register (1) The resolutions of the Governors and the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and the bylaws of the Board of Governors; (2) The Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual; Postal Operations Manual; Administrative Support Manual; Employee and Labor Relations Manual; Financial Management Manual; International Mail Manual; Postal Service Manual Postal Manual Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail; (3) Headquarters Circulars, Management Instructions, Regional Instructions, Handbooks, Memoranda of Policy, Publications, delegations of authority, and other regulatory issuances and directives of the Postal Service or the former Post Office Department, to the extent that such documents state binding rules of future effect beyond those stated in other regulations of the Postal Service then in effect. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the resolutions of the Governors and the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and the bylaws of the Board of Governors take precedence over all regulations issued by other authority. (c) The adoption, by reference or otherwise, of any rule of law or regulation in this or any other regulation of the Postal Service shall not be interpreted as any expression on the issue of whether such rule of law or regulation would apply to the Postal Service if it were not adopted as a regulation, nor shall it restrict the authority of the Postal Service to amend or revoke the rule so adopted at a subsequent time. (d) All regulations of the Post Office Department in effect at the time the U.S. Postal Service commenced operations, continue in effect, except as subsequently modified or repealed by the Postal Service. Except as otherwise continued in effect as postal regulations, all regulations of other agencies of the United States continued in effect as postal regulations by section 5(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act are repealed. [38 FR 20402, July 31, 1973, as amended at 46 FR 34329, July 1, 1981; 69 FR 36022, June 28, 2004; 69 FR 59545, Oct. 5, 2004; 70 FR 20293, Apr. 19, 2005; 86 FR 53221, Sept. 27, 2021] § 211.3 Executive orders and other executive pronouncements; circulars, bulletins, and other issuances of the Office of Management and Budget. (a) By virtue of the Postal Reorganization Act, certain executive orders, and other executive pronouncements and certain circulars, bulletins, and other issuances of the Office of Management and Budget or particular provisions thereof, or requirements therein, apply to the Postal Service and certain others do not apply. (b) It is the policy of the Postal Service to continue to comply with issuances of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section with which it has previously complied, unless a management decision by an appropriate department head is made to terminate compliance, in whole or in part, following advice from the General Counsel that the issuance is not binding, in whole or in part, on the Postal Service. This policy is not enforceable by any party outside the Postal Service. No party outside the Postal Service is authorized to use the mere non-compliance with this policy against the Postal Service in any way. § 211.4 Interim personnel regulations. (a) Continuation of Personnel Regulations of the Post Office Department. (b) Continuation of Personnel Provisions of Former title 39, U.S.C. (c) Continuation of Other Laws and Regulations as Postal Regulations. (d) Effect of Collective Bargaining on Certain Regulations.