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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".16" citation="COMAR 05.06.06.16" title_num="05" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="06" heading="General Provisions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Waiver. The Secretary may waive or vary particular provisions of these regulations to the extent that the waiver is not inconsistent with the Act or with agreements to which the Fund may be subject if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conformance to the requirements of any federal, State, or local program in connection with a loan necessitates a waiver or variance of a regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the written determination of the Secretary, the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Application of a regulation in a specific case or in an emergency situation would be inequitable or contrary to the purposes of the Act,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Waiver would not be materially adverse to bondholders or others relying on the single family reserve of the Fund, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Office of the Attorney General has approved the form and legal sufficiency of the waiver.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>False Statements. A borrower or lender who knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or report, whether in the nature of an understatement or overstatement of financial condition or any other fact material to the Department's action, is subject to cancellation of insurance, in addition to the criminal penalties authorized by the Act.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Delegation. The Secretary may delegate to the Director of the Fund or to any other official or employee of the Department or the Fund the authority to execute or approve any insurance documents or the Fund certificates.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>