[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR20.103]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 20_RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 20.103  Construction and waiver of rules.



    (a) Each person with a duty to construe the rules in this part in an 

administrative proceeding shall construe them so as to secure a just, 

speedy, and inexpensive determination.

    (b) Except to the extent that a waiver would be contrary to law, the 

Commandant, the Chief ALJ, or a presiding ALJ may, after notice, waive 

any of the rules in this part either to prevent undue hardship or 

manifest injustice or to secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive 

determination.

    (c) Absent a specific provision in this part, the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure control.