[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1905.2]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1905_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR VARIANCES, LIMITATIONS, VARIATIONS, 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 1905.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires 
otherwise--
    (a) Act means the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970.
    (b) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor.
    (c) Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health.
    (d) Person means an individual, partnership, association, 
corporation, business trust, legal representative, and organized group 
of individuals, or an agency, authority, or instrumentality of the 
United States or of a State.
    (e) Party means a person admitted to participate in a hearing 
conducted in accordance with subpart C of this part. An applicant for 
relief and any affected employee shall be entitled to be named parties. 
The Department of Labor, represented by the Office of the Solicitor, 
shall be deemed to be a party without the necessity of being named.
    (f) Affected employee means an employee who would be affected by the 
grant or denial of a variance, limitation, variation, tolerance, or 
exemption, or any one of his authorized representatives, such as his 
collective bargaining agent.