[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 5, Parts 500 to 599]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR509.3]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
   CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 509--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN ADJUDICATORY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--Uniform Rules of Practice and Procedure
 
Sec. 509.3  Definitions.

    For purposes of this subpart, unless explicitly stated to the 
contrary:
    (a) Administrative law judge means one who presides at an 
administrative hearing under authority set forth at 5 U.S.C. 556.

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    (b) Adjudicatory proceeding means a proceeding conducted pursuant to 
these rules and leading to the formulation of a final order other than a 
regulation.
    (c) Decisional employee means any member of the Office's or 
administrative law judge's staff who has not engaged in an investigative 
or prosecutorial role in a proceeding and who may assist the Office or 
the administrative law judge, respectively, in preparing orders, 
recommended decisions, decisions, and other documents under the Uniform 
Rules.
    (d) Director means the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision 
or his or her designee.
    (e) Enforcement Counsel means any individual who files a notice of 
appearance as counsel on behalf of the Office in an adjudicatory 
proceeding.
    (f) Final order means an order issued by the Office with or without 
the consent of the affected institution or the institution-affiliated 
party, that has become final, without regard to the pendency of any 
petition for reconsideration or review.
    (g) Institution includes any savings association as that term is 
defined in section 3(b) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. 1813(b)), any savings and 
loan holding company or any subsidiary thereof whether wholly or partly 
owned (other than a bank) as those terms are defined in section 10(a) of 
the HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467(a)).
    (h) Institution-affiliated party means any institution-affiliated 
party as that term is defined in section 3(u) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. 
1813(u)).
    (i) Local Rules means those rules found in subpart B of this part.
    (j) Office means the Office of Thrift Supervision in the case of any 
savings association or any savings and loan holding company, and 
subsidiary (other than a bank or subsidiary of that bank) of a savings 
and loan holding company, any service corporation of a savings 
association, and any subsidiary of such service corporation, whether 
wholly or partly owned.
    (k) Office of Financial Institution Adjudication (OFIA) means the 
executive body charged with overseeing the administration of 
administrative enforcement proceedings for the Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union 
Administration and the Office.
    (l) Party means the Office and any person named as a party in any 
notice.
    (m) Person means an individual, sole proprietor, partnership, 
corporation, unincorporated association, trust, joint venture, pool, 
syndicate, agency or other entity or organization, including an 
institution as defined in paragraph (g) of this section.
    (n) Respondent means any party other than the Office.
    (o) Uniform Rules means those rules in subpart A of this part.
    (p) Violation includes any action (alone or with another or others) 
for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in, counseling, or 
aiding or abetting a violation.