---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 71.13"
title: "28"
number: "71.13"
heading: "Parties to the hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/71.13"
---

# §71.13. Parties to the hearing.

- (a) The parties to the hearing shall be the defendant and the authority.
- (b) Pursuant to [31 U.S.C. 3730(c)(5)](/usc/31/3730.md?p=c-5), a private plaintiff under the False Claims Act may participate in these proceedings to the extent authorized by the provisions of that Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1268-88, 53 FR 11646, Apr. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.