---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1203.16"
title: "5"
number: "1203.16"
heading: "Proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1203.16"
---

# §1203.16. Proceedings.


The Board has substantial discretion in conducting a regulation review under this part. It may conduct a review on the basis of the pleadings alone, or on the basis of the pleadings along with any or all of the following:

- (a) Additional written comments;
- (b) Oral argument;
- (c) Evidence presented at a hearing; and/or
- (d) **Evidence gathered through any other appropriate procedures that are conducted in accordance with law.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204(a), 1204(f), and 1204(h).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, unless otherwise noted.