[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 28, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 28CFR600.1] [Page 693-695] TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER VI--OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 600_GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL--Table of Contents Sec. 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 600 General powers of Special Counsel........... 695 601 Jurisdiction of the Independent Counsel: Iran/Contra............................. 698 602 Jurisdiction of the Independent Counsel: In re Franklyn C. Nofziger................. 698 603 Jurisdiction of the Independent Counsel: In re Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association............................. 700 [[Page 695]] Sec. 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel. 600.2 Alternatives available to the Attorney General. 600.3 Qualifications of the Special Counsel. 600.4 Jurisdiction. 600.5 Staff. 600.6 Powers and authority. 600.7 Conduct and accountability. 600.8 Notification and reports by the Special Counsel. 600.9 Notification and reports by the Attorney General. 600.10 No creation of rights. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519. Source: 64 FR 37042, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted. The Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and-- (a) That investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney's Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances; and (b) That under the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.