[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR302.29]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 302_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart A_Rules of General Applicability

 

Sec. 302.29  Argument before the administrative law judge.



    (a) The administrative law judge shall give the parties to the 

proceeding adequate opportunity during the course of the hearing for the 

presentation of arguments in support of or in opposition to motions, and 

objections and exceptions to rulings of the administrative law judge.

    (b) When, in the opinion of the administrative law judge, the volume 

of the evidence or the importance or complexity of the issues involved 

warrants, he or she may, either on his or her own motion or at the 

request of a party, permit the presentation of oral argument, and may 

impose such time limits on the argument as he or she may determine 

appropriate. Such argument shall be transcribed and bound with the 

transcript of testimony and will be available to the Department 

decisionmaker for consideration in deciding the case.