---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1150.5"
title: "36"
number: "1150.5"
heading: "Scope and interpretation of rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1150.5"
---

# §1150.5. Scope and interpretation of rules.

- (a) These rules shall govern all compliance proceedings held before a judge and all alleged violations coming to the Executive Director as a complaint.
- (b) In the absence of a specific provision in these rules, procedure shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subchapter II of chapter 5 and chapter 7, of [title 5](/cfr/5.md) U.S.C., and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in that order.
- (c) These rules and regulations shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Architectural Barriers Act and [section 502](/cfr/36/502.md) of the Rehabilitation Act.
- (d) The rules shall be applied to secure fairness in administration and elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay and to ascertain the truth.
- (e) Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to a plural and vice versa.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 792, as amended.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 78474, Nov. 25, 1980, unless otherwise noted.