---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 47.12"
title: "7"
number: "47.12"
heading: "Intervention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/47.12"
---

# §47.12. Intervention.


At any time after the institution of a proceeding and before it has been submitted to the Secretary for final consideration, the Secretary or the examiner as defined in [§ 47.2(i)(1)](/cfr/7/47.2.md?p=i-1) may, upon petition in writing and for good cause show, permit any person to intervene therein. The petition shall state with preciseness and particularity:

- (a) The petitioner's relationship to the matters involved in the proceeding; (b) the nature of the material the petitioner intends to present in evidence; (c) the nature of the argument the petitioner intends to make; and (d) any other reason that the petitioner should be allowed to intervene.

## Notes

### Amendments

[10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, as amended at 60 FR 8459, Feb. 14, 1995; 64 FR 38107, July 15, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C 553; 7 U.S.C. 499f; 7 U.S.C. 499o; 7 CFR 2.22(a)(1)(viii)(L), 2.79(a)(8)(xiii).

### Source

Source: 10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, as amended at 60 FR 8459, Feb. 14, 1995; 64 FR 38107, July 15, 1999]