[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1503.214]

[Page 259]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1503_INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G_Rules of Practice in Transportation Security Administration 
                       (TSA) Civil Penalty Actions
 
Sec. 1503.214  Amendment of pleadings.

    (a) Filing and service. A party must file the amendment with the 
Enforcement Docket Clerk and must serve a copy of the amendment on the 
administrative law judge and all parties to the proceeding.
    (b) Time. A party must file an amendment to a complaint or an answer 
within the following:
    (1) Not later than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, a 
party may amend a complaint or an answer without the consent of the 
administrative law judge.
    (2) Less than 15 days before the scheduled date of a hearing, the 
administrative law judge may allow amendment of a complaint or an answer 
only for good cause shown in a motion to amend.
    (c) Responses. The administrative law judge must allow a reasonable 
time, but not more than 20 days from the date of filing, for other 
parties to respond if an amendment to a complaint, answer, or other 
pleading has been filed with the administrative law judge.