---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 45.51"
title: "43"
number: "45.51"
heading: "What are the parties' rights during the hearing?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/45.51"
---

# §45.51. What are the parties' rights during the hearing?


Each party has the following rights during the hearing, as necessary to assure full and accurate disclosure of the facts:

- (a) To present testimony and exhibits, consistent with the requirements in §§ [45.21(c)](/cfr/43/45.21.md?p=c), [45.22(c)](/cfr/43/45.22.md?p=c), [45.25(c)](/cfr/43/45.25.md?p=c), [45.42(b)](/cfr/43/45.42.md?p=b), and [45.52](/cfr/43/45.52.md);
- (b) To make objections, motions, and arguments; and
- (c) **To cross-examine witnesses and to conduct re-direct and re-cross examination as permitted by the ALJ.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 797(e), 811, 823d.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 17194, Mar. 31, 2015, unless otherwise noted.