---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 502.407"
title: "46"
number: "502.407"
heading: "Authority of the arbitrator."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/502.407"
---

# §502.407. Authority of the arbitrator.


An arbitrator to whom a dispute is referred may—

- (a) Regulate the course of and conduct arbitral hearings;
- (b) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (c) Compel the attendance of witnesses and production of evidence at the hearing under the provisions of [9 U.S.C. 7](/usc/9/7.md) only to the extent the Commission is otherwise authorized by law to do so; and
- (d) **Make awards.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 43513, Aug. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569, 571-584; 591-596; 18 U.S.C. 207; 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C., 40103-40104, 40304, 40306, 40501-40503, 40701-40706, 41101-41109, 41301-41309, 44101-44106, 46105; 5 CFR part 2635.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44369, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.