[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 47CFR1.21]

[Page 111]
 
                       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]