---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 5.59"
title: "16"
number: "5.59"
heading: "Presiding official."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/5.59"
---

# §5.59. Presiding official.

- (a) Upon the receipt of an answer and request for a hearing, the Secretary shall refer the matter to the Chief Administrative Law Judge, who shall appoint an Administrative Law Judge to preside over the hearing and shall notify the respondent and the General Counsel as to the person selected.
- (b) The powers and duties of the presiding official shall be as set forth in [§ 3.42(b) through (h)](/cfr/16/3.42.md?p=b..h) of the Commission's Rules of Practice.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 26050, May 11, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 13272, Sept. 20, 1967, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976.