---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 16.237"
title: "14"
number: "16.237"
heading: "Waiver of procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/16.237"
---

# §16.237. Waiver of procedures.

- (a) The hearing officer shall waive such procedural steps as all parties to the hearing agree to waive before issuance of an initial decision.
- (b) **Consent to a waiver of any procedural step bars the raising of this issue on appeal.**
- (c) The parties may not by consent waive the obligation of the hearing officer to enter an initial decision on the record.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 322, 1110, 1111, 1115, 1116, 1718(a) and (b), 1719, 1723, 1726, 1727, 40103(e), 40113, 40116, 44502(b), 46101, 46104, 46110, 47104, 47106(e), 47107, 47108, 47111(d), 47122, 47123-47125, 47133, 47151-47153, 48103.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, Oct. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.