Section 13.37

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to the proceedings by the person filing
them.
(b) Service may be made by personal
delivery or by mail.
(c) A certificate of service shall accompany all documents when they are
tendered for filing and shall consist of
a certificate of personal delivery or a
certificate of mailing, executed by the
person making the personal delivery or
mailing the document.
(d) Whenever proof of service by mail
is made, the date of mailing or the date
as shown on the postmark shall be the
date of service, and where personal
service is made, the date of personal
delivery shall be the date of service.
(e) The date of filing is the date the
document is actually received.

hearing is requested. A copy of the request for hearing and a copy of the answer required by paragraph (c) of this
section must be served on the official
who issued the notice of proposed action.
(c) An answer to the notice of proposed action must be filed with the request for hearing. All allegations in the
notice not specifically denied in the
answer are deemed admitted.
(d) Within 15 days after service of the
copy of the request for hearing, the official who issued the notice of proposed
action forwards a copy of that notice,
which serves as the complaint, to the
Hearing Docket.
[Doc. No. 18884, 44 FR 63723, Nov. 5, 1979, as
amended by Amdt. 13-19, 54 FR 39290, Sept.
25, 1989; 71 FR 70464, Dec. 5, 2006]

Section 13.37

Section 13.44 Computation of time and extension of time.

Hearing Officer-s powers.

Any Hearing Officer may - 
(a) Give notice concerning, and hold,
prehearing conferences and hearings;
(b) Administrator oaths and affirmations;
(c) Examine witnesses;
(d) Adopt procedures for the submission of evidence in written form;
(e) Issue subpoenas and take depositions or cause them to be taken;
(f) Rule on offers of proof;
(g) Receive evidence;
(h) Regulate the course of the hearing;
(i) Hold conferences, before and during the hearing, to settle and simplify
issues by consent of the parties;
(j) Dispose of procedural requests and
similar matters; and
(k) Issue decisions, make findings of
fact, make assessments, and issue orders, as appropriate.

(a) In computing any period of time
prescribed or allowed by this subpart,
the date of the act, event, default, notice or order after which the designated
period of time begins to run is not to
be included in the computation. The
last day of the period so computed is to
be included unless it is a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday for the FAA,
in which event the period runs until
the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor a legal
holiday.
(b) Upon written request filed with
the Hearing Docket and served upon all
parties, and for good cause shown, a
Hearing Officer may grant an extension
of time to file any documents specified
in this subpart.
Section 13.45 Amendment of notice and answer.
At any time more than 10 days before
the date of hearing, any party may
amend his or her notice, answer, or
other pleading, by filing the amendment with the Hearing Officer and
serving a copy of it on each other
party. After that time, amendments
may be allowed only in the discretion
of the Hearing Officer. If an amendment to an initial pleading has been allowed, the Hearing Officer shall allow
the other parties a reasonable opportunity to answer.

Section 13.39 Disqualification of Hearing Officer.
If disqualified for any reason, the
Hearing Officer shall withdraw from
the case.

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Section 13.41

[Reserved]

Section 13.43 Service and filing of pleadings,
motions, and documents.
(a) Copies of all pleadings, motions,
and documents filed with the Hearing
Docket must be served upon all parties

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