N.J. Admin. Code § 3:1-2.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 3:1-2.13 - Prehearing conference

(a) Prior to any hearing, or oral presentation, the hearing officer may, in his or her discretion, direct all parties and counsel to appear before him or her for a prehearing conference for any or all of the following purposes:

1. Simplification and clarification of the issues;

2. Admission and stipulations of fact and of the contents and authenticity of documents; and

3. Such other matters as may aid in the orderly disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of the names of witnesses and of documents or in (b) below.

(b) Such conference, in the discretion of the hearing officer, need not be recorded, but the hearing officer shall enter in the record an order signed by the parties which recites the results of the conference. Such order, a copy of which shall be furnished to each party, shall include the hearing officer's rulings upon matters considered at the conference, together with appropriate directions, if any, to the parties; and such order shall control the subsequent course of the proceedings unless notified at the oral presentation for good cause shown by appropriate order of the hearing officer.

(c) Meetings called by the Department with the applicant for purposes of clarifying issues raised in an application shall not constitute a "prehearing conference" pursuant to (a) and (b) above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3:1-2.13

Recodified from 3:1-2.12 by R.1996 d.483, effective 10/7/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 2661(a), 28 New Jersey Register 4417(b).
Former N.J.A.C. 3:1-2.13 "Procedure for oral presentation", recodified to 3:1-2.14.
Amended by R.2001 d.112, effective 4/2/2001.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 213(a), 33 New Jersey Register 1087(a).
Substituted "presiding" for "regulatory" throughout.
Amended by R.2006 d.287, effective 8/7/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 1627(a), 38 N.J.R. 3160(a).
Substituted "hearing" for "presiding" once in (a) and throughout (b); and added (c).