For purposes of these rules:
(a) Adjudicatory proceeding means a judicial-type proceeding leading
to the formulation of a final order;
(b) Administrative law judge means an administrative law judge
appointed pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3105 (provisions of the
rules in this part which refer to administrative law judges may be
applicable to other Presiding Officers as well);
(c) Administrative Procedure Act means those provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act, as codified, which are contained in 5
U.S.C. 551 through 559;
(d) Complaint means any document initiating an adjudicatory
proceeding, whether designated a complaint, appeal or an order for
proceeding or otherwise;
(e) Hearing means that part of a proceeding which involves the
submission of evidence, either by oral presentation or written
submission;
(f) Order means the whole or any part of a final procedural or
substantive disposition of a matter by the administrative law judge in a
matter other than rulemaking;
(g) Party includes a person or agency named or admitted as a party
to a proceeding;
(h) Person includes an individual, partnership, corporation,
association, exchange or other entity or organization;
(i) Pleading means the complaint, the answer to the complaint, any
supplement or amendment thereto, and any reply that may be permitted to
any answer, supplement or amendment;
(j) Respondent means a party to an adjudicatory proceeding against
whom findings may be made or who may be required to provide relief or
take remedial action;
(k) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor and includes any
administrator, commissioner, appellate body, board, or other official
thereunder for purposes of appeal of recommended or final decisions of
administrative law judges;
(l) Complainant means a person who is seeking relief from any act or
omission in violation of a statute, executive order or regulation;
(m) The term petition means a written request, made by a person or
party, for some affirmative action;
(n) The term Consent Agreement means any written document containing
a specified proposed remedy or other relief acceptable to all parties;
(o) Commencement of Proceeding is the filing of a request for
hearing, order of reference, or referral of a claim for hearing.
