---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 201.89"
title: "46"
number: "201.89"
heading: "Disqualification of presiding officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/201.89"
---

# §201.89. Disqualification of presiding officer.


Any presiding officer may at any time withdraw if he deems himself disqualified, in which case another presiding officer will be designated. If a party to a proceeding, or his representative, files in good faith a timely and sufficient affidavit of personal bias or disqualification of a presiding officer, the Administration will determine the matter as a part of the record and decision in the case.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b); 49 CFR 1.66 and 1.69.

### Source

Source: General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted.