[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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[CITE: 47CFR1.21]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 1_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General Rules of Practice and Procedure

 

Sec.  1.21  Parties.



    (a) Any party may appear before the Commission and be heard in 

person or by attorney.

    (b) The appropriate Bureau Chief(s) of the Commission shall be 

deemed to be a party to every adjudicatory proceeding (as defined in the 

Administrative Procedure Act) without the necessity of being so named in 

the order designating the proceeding for hearing.

    (c) When, in any proceeding, a pleading is filed on behalf of either 

the General Counsel or the Chief Engineer, he shall thereafter be deemed 

a party to the proceeding.

    (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, a duly 

authorized corporate officer or employee may act for the corporation in 

any matter which has not been designated for an evidentiary hearing and, 

in the discretion of the presiding officer, may appear and be heard on 

behalf of the corporation in an evidentiary hearing proceeding.



[28 FR 12415, Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 8527, Apr. 28, 1972; 44 

FR 39180, July 5, 1979; 51 FR 12616, Apr. 14, 1986]