[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: 16CFR1052.4]

[Page 136-137]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1052_PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS FOR INFORMAL ORAL PRESENTATIONS IN 
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION--Table 
 
Sec.  1052.4  Presiding officer; appointment, duties, powers.

    (a) For oral presentations, the presiding officer shall either be 
the Chairman of the Commission or a presiding

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officer shall be appointed by the Chairman with the concurrence of the 
Commission.
    (b) The presiding officer shall chair the proceedings, shall make 
appropriate provision for testimony, comments and questions, and shall 
be responsible for the orderly conduct of the proceedings. The presiding 
officer shall have all the powers necessary or appropriate to contribute 
to the equitable and efficient conduct of the oral proceedings including 
the following:
    (1) The right to apportion the time of persons making presentations 
in an equitable manner in order to complete the presentations within the 
time period allotted for the proceedings.
    (2) The right to terminate or shorten the presentation of any party 
when, in the view of the presiding officer, such presentation is 
repetitive or is not relevant to the purpose of the proceedings.
    (3) The right to confine the presentations to the issues specified 
in the notice of oral proceeding or, where no issues are specified, to 
matters pertinent to the proposed rule or other proceeding.
    (4) The right to require a single representative to present the 
views of two or more persons or groups who have the same or similar 
interests. The presiding officer shall have the authority to identify 
groups or persons with the same or similar interests in the proceedings.
    (c) The presiding officer and Commission representatives shall have 
the right to question persons making an oral presentation as to their 
testimony and any other relevant matter.