[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR320.18]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 
 
Sec.  320.18  Hearings officer.

    Within a reasonable time after a party has filed a properly executed 
appeal, the Director of Hearings and Appeals shall appoint a hearings 
officer to act in the appeal. Such hearings officer shall not have any 
interest in the parties or in the outcome of the proceeding, shall not 
have directly participated in the initial determination from which the 
appeal is made, and shall not have any other interest in the matter 
which might prevent a fair and impartial hearing. In any case in which 
employee status or creditability of compensation is an issue, the 
hearings officer shall receive evidence and report to the Board thereon 
with recommendations. In all other cases, the hearings officer shall 
consider and decide the appeal; in each such case where the hearings 
officer determines that an issue of fact exists, the parties shall have 
the right to a hearing.

[56 FR 65680, Dec. 18, 1991]

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