[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: 33CFR20.206]



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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 B_Administrative Law Judges

 

Sec. 20.206  Separation of functions.



    (a) No ALJ may be responsible to, or supervised or directed by, an 

officer, employee, or agent who investigates for or represents the Coast 

Guard.

    (b) No officer, employee, or agent of the Coast Guard who 

investigates for or represents the Coast Guard in connection with any 

administrative proceeding may, in that proceeding or one factually 

related, participate or advise in the decision of the ALJ or of the 

Commandant in an appeal, except as a witness or counsel in the 

proceeding or the appeal.