---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1201.7"
title: "45"
number: "1201.7"
heading: "Procedure when response to demand is required prior to receiving instructions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1201.7"
---

# §1201.7. Procedure when response to demand is required prior to receiving instructions.

- (a) If a response to a demand or request for Official Information pursuant to litigation is required before the General Counsel renders a decision, the Corporation will request that either a Department of Justice attorney or a Corporation attorney designated for the purpose:
  - (1) Appear, if feasible, with the employee upon whom the demand has been made;
  - (2) Furnish the court or other authority with a copy of the regulations contained in this part;
  - (3) Inform the court or other authority that the demand or request has been or is being, as the case may be, referred for the prompt consideration of the General Counsel; and
  - (4) Respectfully request the court or authority to stay the demand or request pending receipt of the requested instructions.
- (b) In the event that an immediate demand or request for production or disclosure is made in circumstances that would preclude the proper designation or appearance of a Department of Justice or Corporation attorney on behalf of the Corporation employee, the Corporation Employee shall respectfully request the court or other authority for a reasonable stay of proceedings for the purpose of obtaining instructions from the Corporation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 4598, Jan. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.