[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR845.25]

[Page 219]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 845--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRANSPORTATION; ACCIDENT/INCIDENT HEARINGS 
AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Conduct of Hearing
 
Sec. 845.25  Examination of witnesses.

    (a) Witnesses shall be initially examined by the board of inquiry or 
its technical panel. Following such examination, parties to the hearing 
shall be given the opportunity to examine such witnesses.
    (b) Materiality, relevancy, and competency of witness testimony, 
exhibits, or physical evidence shall not be the subject of objections in 
the legal sense by a party to the hearing or any other person. Such 
matters shall be controlled by rulings of the chairman of the board of 
inquiry on his own motion. If the examination of a witness by a party is 
interrupted by a ruling of the chairman of the board of inquiry, 
opportunity shall be given to show materiality, relevancy, or competency 
of the testimony or evidence sought to be elicited from the witness.