[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1025.3]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1025_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS--Table of 
Contents
 
     Subpart A_Scope of Rules, Nature of Adjudicative Proceedings, 
                               Definitions
 
Sec.  1025.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Application means an ex parte request by a party for an order 
that may be granted or denied without opportunity for response by any 
other party.
    (b) Commission means the Consumer Product Safety Commission or a 
quorum thereof.
    (c) Commissioner means a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
    (d) Complaint Counsel means counsel for the Commission's staff.
    (e) Motion means a request by a party for a ruling or order that may 
be granted or denied only after opportunity for responses by all other 
parties.
    (f) Party means any named person or any intervenor in any 
proceedings governed by these Rules.
    (g) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, 
unincorporated association, public or private organization, or a 
federal, state or municipal governmental entity.
    (h) Petition means a written request, addressed to the Commission or 
the Presiding Officer, for some affirmative action.
    (i) Presiding Officer means a person who conducts any adjudicative 
proceedings under this part, and may include an administrative law judge 
qualified under Title 5, United States

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Code, section 3105, but shall not include a Commissioner.
    (j) Respondent means any person against whom a complaint has been 
issued.
    (k) Secretary means the Secretary of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
    (l) Staff means the staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Additional definitions relating to prohibited communications are in 
Sec.  1025.68.