---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 800.40"
title: "49"
number: "800.40"
heading: "Hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/800.40"
---

# §800.40. Hearings.

- (a) **Sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply to hearings held under this part.** Unless otherwise specified, hearings held under this part are informal, fact-finding proceedings, at which there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. Any rule issued in a case in which an informal hearing is held is not necessarily based exclusively on the record of the hearing.
- (b) **The NTSB designates a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part.** The General Counsel or a designated member of his or her staff may serve as legal officer at the hearing.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 57309, Sept. 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.; 49 U.S.C.40101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 26232, June 27, 1984, unless otherwise noted.