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FCC 1.315
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 |
2013
§ 1.315 Depositions upon oral examination—notice and preliminary procedure.
(a) Notice. A party to a hearing proceeding desiring to take the
deposition of any person upon oral examination shall give a minimum of
21 days notice in writing to every other party, to the person to be
examined, and to the presiding officer. An original and three copies of
the notice shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission. Related
pleadings shall be served and filed in the same manner. The notice
shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of each person to be examined, if known, and
if the name is not known, a general description sufficient to identify
him or the particular class or group to which he belongs.
(2) The time and place for taking the deposition of each person to be
examined, and the name or descriptive title and address of the officer
before whom the deposition is to be taken.
(3) The matters upon which each person will be examined. See § 1.319.
(b) Responsive pleadings. (1) Within 7 days after service of the notice
to take depositions, a motion opposing the taking of depositions may be
filed by any party to the proceeding or by the person to be examined.
See § 1.319(a).
(2) Within 14 days after service of the notice to take depositions, a
response to the opposition motion may be filed by any party to the
proceeding.
(3) Additional pleadings should not be filed and will not be
considered.
(4) The computation of time provisions set forth in § 1.4(g) shall not
apply to pleadings filed under the provisions of this paragraph.
(c) Protective order. On an opposition motion filed under paragraph (b)
of this section, or on his own motion, the presiding officer may issue
a protective order. See § 1.313. A protective order issued by the
presiding officer on his own motion may be issued at any time prior to
the date specified in the notice for the taking of depositions.
(d) Authority to take depositions. (1) If an opposition motion is not
filed within 7 days after service of the notice to take depositions,
and if the presiding officer does not on his own motion issue a
protective order prior to the time specified in the notice for the
taking of depositions, the depositions described in the notice may be
taken. An order for the taking of depositions is not required.
(2) If an opposition motion is filed, the depositions described in the
notice shall not be taken until the presiding officer has acted on that
motion. If the presiding officer authorizes the taking of depositions,
he may specify a time, place or officer for taking them different from
that specified in the notice to take depositions.
(3) If the presiding officer issues a protective order, the depositions
described in the notice may be taken (if at all) only in accordance
with the provisions of that order.
(e) Broadcast comparative proceedings involving applicants for only new
facilities. In these cases, the 21-day advance notice provision of
paragraph (a) of this section shall be inapplicable to depositions of
active and passive owners of applicants in the proceeding. All
applicants in such proceedings should be prepared to make their active
and passive owners available for depositions during the period
commencing with the deadline for filing notices of appearance and
ending 90 days after the release of the designation order, if such
depositions are requested by a party to the proceeding. All such
depositions will be conducted in Washington, DC or in the community of
license of the proposed station, at the deponent's option, unless all
parties agree to some other location.
[ 33 FR 10571 , July 25, 1968, as amended at 56 FR 794 , Jan. 9, 1991]
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Goto Section: 1.313 | 1.316
Goto Year: 2011 |
2013
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