[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.85]

[Page 375]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.85  Amendment of notice or answer.

    The notice of hearing or notice of opportunity to request a hearing 
may be amended once as a matter of course before an answer thereto is 
served, and each applicant or recipient may amend his answer once as a 
matter of course not later than 10 days before the date fixed for 
hearing but in no event later than 20 days from the date of service of 
his original answer. Otherwise a notice or answer may be amended only by 
leave of the hearing officer. An applicant or recipient shall file his 
answer to an amended notice within the time remaining for filing the 
answer to the original notice or within 10 days after service of the 
amended notice, whichever period may be the longer, unless the hearing 
officer otherwise orders.