[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR202.116]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
       (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS),DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 202--RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 202.116  Rule 16: Issuance of order.

    (a) As soon as practicable after the receipt of the record and 
report from the hearing clerk, the judicial officer, on the basis of and 
after due consideration of the record, shall issue an order in the 
proceeding, which shall be served on the parties.
    (b) If the judicial officer deems it advisable to do so, the order 
may be made a tentative order. In such event, a presiding officer shall 
be assigned and the tentative order shall be served on each party, and 
each party shall have 20 days in which to file written exceptions to it, 
and arguments or briefs in support of such exceptions. If no party 
timely files exceptions, the tentative order shall automatically become 
the final order in the proceeding, and notice of such fact shall be 
served on the parties. If any party timely files such exceptions, they 
shall be handled in the same manner as a petition filed under rule 17, 
Sec. 202.117.

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