---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 511.3"
title: "49"
number: "511.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/511.3"
---

# §511.3. Definitions.

- (a) **As used in this part—**
  - (1) The term application means an ex parte request by a party for an order that may be granted or denied without opportunity for response by any other party.
  - (2) The term NHTSA means the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  - (3) The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  - (4) The term Complaint Counsel means prosecuting counsel for the NHTSA.
  - (5) The term motion means a request by a party for a ruling or order that may be granted or denied only after opportunity for response by each affected party.
  - (6) The term party means the NHTSA, and any person named as a respondent in a proceeding governed by this part.
  - (7) The term person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, public or private organization, or Federal, State or municipal governmental entity.
  - (8) The term petition means a written request, made by a person or a party and addressed to the Presiding Officer or the Administrator, that the addressee take some action.
  - (9) The term Presiding Officer means the person who conducts an adjudicative hearing under this part, who shall be an administrative law judge qualified under [title 5](/cfr/5.md), U.S.C., [section 3105](/cfr/49/3105.md) and assigned by the Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings, United States Department of Transportation.
  - (10) The term Respondent means any person against whom a complaint has been issued.
  - (11) The term Office of Hearings means the Officer of Hearings, Department of Transportation.
  - (12) The term staff means the staff of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  - (13) The term Chief Administrative Law Judge means the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Hearings, Department of Transportation.
  - (14) The term Docket Section means the Docket Section, Office of the Secretary of Transportation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, as amended at 53 FR 15782, May 3, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2002; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, as amended at 53 FR 15782, May 3, 1988]