Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 187-3-1 - General Provisions1.1. Scope - This rule shall apply to practice before the West Virginia Cable Television Cable Advisory Board in contested cases brought through the Administrative Procedures Act under the West Virginia Cable Television Systems Act.1.2. Authority - The authority for this rule arises from West Virginia Code Chapter 5, Article 18, Section 26(b); and Chapter 5, Article 18, Section 25(c) and (f).1.3. Filing Date - September 3, 19911.4. Effective Date - October 7, 19911.5. Construction - This rule shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the underlying statutory enactments.1.6. Application of Rules of Evidence - The West Virginia Rules of Evidence shall apply to proceedings under this rule to the same extent that the Administrative Procedures Act requires such application unless otherwise provided.1.7. Severability - If any provision of any section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or provision of this rule shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not effect the application of such section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or provision of this rule to any other person or circumstance and, to that end, each and every section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause, or provision of this rule shall be severable from every other section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause, or provision.