[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1150.5]

[Page 284]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
 CHAPTER XI--ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
 
PART 1150--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--General Information
 
Sec. 1150.5  Scope and interpretation of rules.

    (a) These rules shall govern all compliance proceedings held before 
a judge and all alleged violations coming to the Executive Director as a 
complaint.
    (b) In the absence of a specific provision in these rules, procedure 
shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subchapter 
II of chapter 5 and chapter 7, of title 5 U.S.C., and the Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure, in that order.
    (c) These rules and regulations shall be liberally construed to 
effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Architectural Barriers Act 
and section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act.
    (d) The rules shall be applied to secure fairness in administration 
and elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay and to ascertain the 
truth.
    (e) Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to 
a plural and vice versa.