---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 534.602"
title: "5"
number: "534.602"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/534.602"
---

# §534.602. Definitions.


Administrative appeals judge position means a position not classified above GS-15 under [5 U.S.C. 5108](/usc/5/5108.md) and for which the duties primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md) and rendering final administrative decisions.

Administrative law judge means an individual in an administrative law judge position as that term is defined in [section 930.202](/cfr/5/930.202.md) of this chapter.

Agency means an Executive agency, as defined in [5 U.S.C. 105](/usc/5/105.md), excluding the U.S. General Accounting Office.

Head of an agency means the head of an Executive agency or an official who has been delegated the authority to act for the head of the agency in the matter concerned.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 63908, Dec. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 3161(d), 5307, 5351, 5352, 5353, 5376, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5541, 5550a, sec. 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1638 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5382, 5383, 7302; 18 U.S.C. 207); and sec. 2 of Pub. L. 110-372, 122 Stat. 4043 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5307, 5376).