Miscellaneous Rules, Miscellaneous Amendments
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Title 16— Commercial Practices CHAPTER I— FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PART 3— RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS PART A— MISCELLANEOUS RULES Miscellaneous Amendments The Commission announces amend ments to Parts 3 and 4 of Subchapter A of Chapter 1 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations which will (1) elimi nate the requirement of service of a com plaint for purposes of determining when an adjudicative proceeding commences, and (2) provide for substituted service upon the attorney for a party of any document pertaining to a proceeding other than a complaint. The amend ments are set forth below. 1. Section 3.11(a) is amended to read as follows:
§ 3.11 Commencement of proceedings. (a ) Complaint. Except as provided in § 3.13, an adjudicative proceeding is com menced by the issuance of a complaint by the Commission.
* ♦ * * * 2. Section 44.(a) (3) is added and (c) (3) is deleted and (c) (4) is renumbered as (c) (3) to read as follows: § 4.4 Service.
(a) By the Commission. * * * . (3) When a party has appeared in a proceeding by an attorney, service on that individual of any document pertain ing to the proceeding other than a com plaint shall be deemed service upon the party. However, service of those docu- FEDERAL REGISTER, VOI. 40, NO. 251— WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1975
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60044 RULES AND REGULATIONS ments specified in paragraph (1) shall first be attempted in accordance with the provision of subparagraphs ( i ) , (ii), and (iii).
The above amendments are effective December 31,1975.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721 (15 U.S.C. 46), 80 Stat. 883, as amended, 81 Stat. 54 (5 U.S.C. 552) ) By direction of the Commission dated December 2,1975.
V ir g in ia M . H arding, Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc.75-35229 Filed 12=30-75; 8:45 am)