[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR25.14]

[Page 244-245]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 25--PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 25.14  Separation of functions.

    (a) The investigating official, the reviewing official, and any 
employee or agent of the authority who takes part in investigating, 
preparing, or presenting a particular case may not, in such case or a 
factually related case--
    (1) Participate in the hearing as the ALJ;
    (2) Participate or advise in the initial decision or the review of 
the initial decision by the authority head, except as a witness or a 
representative in public proceedings; or
    (3) Make the collection of penalties and assessments under 31 U.S.C. 
3806.

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    (b) The ALJ shall not be responsible to, or subject to the 
supervision or direction of, the investigating official or the reviewing 
official.
    (c) The reviewing official shall, after consulting with the 
Inspector General, designate the representative for the Government, who 
shall be an attorney with either the Office of General Counsel or the 
Office of the Inspector General. The reviewing official's decision is 
final.