[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1.138]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1_ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart H_Rules of Practice Governing Formal Adjudicatory Proceedings 
           Instituted by the Secretary Under Various Statutes
 
Sec. 1.138  Consent decision.

    At any time before the Judge files the decision, the parties may 
agree to the entry of a consent decision. Such agreement shall be filed 
with the Hearing Clerk in the form of a decision signed by the parties 
with appropriate space for signature by the Judge, and shall contain an 
admission of at least the jurisdictional facts, consent to the issuance 
of the agreed decision without further procedure and such other 
admissions or statements as may be agreed between the parties. The Judge 
shall enter such decision without further procedure, unless an error is 
apparent on the face of the document. Such decision shall have the same 
force and effect as a decision issued after full hearing, and shall 
become final upon issuance to become effective in accordance with the 
terms of the decision.