[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR12.10]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 12_RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HORSE 
PROTECTION ACT--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Supplemental Rules of Practice
 
Sec. 12.10  Stipulations.


    (a) At any time prior to the issuance of a complaint seeking a civil 
penalty under the Act, the Administrator, in his discretion, may enter 
into a stipulation with any person in which:
    (1) The Administration gives notice of an apparent violation of the 
Act or the regulations issued thereunder by such person and affords such 
person an opportunity for a hearing regarding the matter as provided by 
the Act;
    (2) Such person expressly waives hearing and agrees to a specified 
order including an agreement to pay a specified civil penalty within a 
designated time; and
    (3) The Administrator agrees to accept the specified order including 
a civil penalty in settlement of the particular matter involved if it is 
paid within the designated time.
    (b) If the specified penalty is not paid within the time designated 
in such a stipulation, the amount of the stipulated penalty shall not be 
relevant in any respect to the penalty which may be assessed after 
issuance of a complaint.

[42 FR 10960, Feb. 25, 1977, as amended at 68 FR 6342, Feb. 7, 2003]

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