5 CFR 2419.2: Definitions.

(a) Definitions from the statute. The definitions of “authority,” “claim,” “investigating official,” “knows or has reason to know,” “person,” “presiding officer,” “reviewing official,” “statement,” “material,” and “obligation” are found in 31 U.S.C. 3801. The investigating official at the Federal Labor Relations Authority is identified as the Federal Labor Relations Authority's Inspector General, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority's Solicitor is designated to be the reviewing official by the authority head at the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

(b) Complaint means the administrative complaint served by the reviewing official on the defendant under § 2419.4(b).

(c) Defendant means any person alleged in a complaint under § 2419.4(a) to be liable for a civil penalty or assessment under § 2419.1.

(d) Authority Head means the Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

(e) Representative means a party's attorney or other duly qualified representative.