[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR269b.420]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 269b--CHARGES OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 269b.420  Designation of hearing officer.

    (a) The panel, absent special circumstances, shall employ the center 
to select the hearing officer to conduct the hearing at a site most 
convenient to the parties and witnesses. The individual who performed 
the investigation, pursuant to Sec. 269b.210, shall be barred from 
acting as a hearing officer on the same matter, unless all parties in 
interest agree to his participation. The selection of the hearing 
officer, to the extent practicable, shall be done with the concurrence 
of the parties.
    (b) Any party may request the hearing officer, at any time following 
his designation and before the filing of his decision, to withdraw on 
grounds of previously demonstrated personal bias, conflict of interest, 
or prejudice by filing with him promptly upon the discovery of the 
alleged facts a timely affidavit setting forth in detail the matters 
alleged to constitute grounds for disqualification. If, in the opinion 
of the hearing officer, such affidavit is filed with due diligence and 
is sufficient on its face, he shall forthwith disqualify himself and 
withdraw from the proceeding. If he does not so withdraw, he shall so 
rule upon the record, stating the grounds for his ruling and proceed 
with the hearing, or, if the hearing has closed, he shall proceed with 
the issuance of his decision, and his ruling shall be subject to the 
same review by the panel that is given to the rest of his decision.
    (c) The costs of conducting the hearing and of the hearing officer 
shall be borne by the panel. Witness fees and expenses shall be paid by 
the party at whose instance the witnesses appear.