---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2.13"
title: "29"
number: "2.13"
heading: "Audiovisual coverage prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2.13"
---

# §2.13. Audiovisual coverage prohibited.


The Department shall not permit audiovisual coverage of the following types of hearings if any party objects:

- (a) Hearings to determine whether applications for individual variances should be issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
- (b) Hearings (both formal and informal) involving alleged violations of various laws such as the Davis-Bacon Act ([40 U.S.C. 276a](/usc/40/276a.md), et seq.) and related Acts, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act ([40 U.S.C. 327](/usc/40/327.md) et seq.), the Service Contract Act ([41 U.S.C. 351](/usc/41/351.md) et seq.), the Walsh Healey Act ([41 U.S.C. 35](/usc/41/35.md) et seq.), under [section 41](/cfr/29/41.md) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ([33 U.S.C. 941](/usc/33/941.md) et seq.), the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended ([29 U.S.C. 201](/usc/29/201.md) et seq.), and any informal hearings or conferences under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ([29 U.S.C. 651](/usc/29/651.md) et seq.) which are not within the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Commission.
- (c) Adversary hearings under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ([33 U.S.C. 901](/usc/33/901.md) et seq.) and related Acts, which determine an employee's right to compensation.
- (d) Hearings which determine an employee's right to compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act ([5 U.S.C. 8101](/usc/5/8101.md) et seq.).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 38 FR 5631, Mar. 2, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; E.O. 13198, 66 FR 8497, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 750; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.