16 CFR § 1025.3 - Definitions.

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title: "16 CFR § 1025.3 - Definitions."
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# 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 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 § 1025.68.