[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: 16CFR1025.41]

[Page 85-86]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1025_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS--Table of 
Contents
 
                           Subpart E_Hearings
 
Sec.  1025.41  General rules.


    (a) Public hearings. All hearings conducted pursuant to these Rules 
shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the Commission or the 
Presiding Officer.
    (b) Prompt completion. Hearings shall proceed with all reasonable 
speed and, insofar as practicable and with due regard to the convenience 
of the parties, shall continue without suspension until concluded, 
except in unusual circumstances or as otherwise provided in these Rules.
    (c) Rights of parties. Every party shall have the right of timely 
notice and all other rights essential to a fair hearing, including, but 
not limited to, the rights to present evidence, to conduct such cross-
examination as may be necessary for a full and complete disclosure of 
the facts, and to be heard by objection, motion, brief, and argument.

[[Page 86]]

    (d) Rights of participants. Every participant shall have the right 
to make a written or oral statement of position and to file proposed 
findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a post hearing brief, in 
accordance with Sec.  1025.17(b) of these Rules.
    (e) Rights of witnesses. Any person compelled to testify in any 
proceedings in response to a subpoena may be accompanied, represented, 
and advised by legal counsel or other representative, and may purchase a 
transcript of his/her testimony.