Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 36, September 7, 2024
(a) A person having an interest in the matter shall have the right to file objections or exceptions to a registration and to the facts set forth therein within 30 days of the filing of the copy with the Commission. The objections or exceptions shall be delivered in writing to the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association (PHBA) and a duplicate copy delivered to the Commission within the 30-day time period. The PHBA shall rule upon the objections or exceptions within the 10 days of the delivery and receipt. An interested party aggrieved by an action taken by the PHBA may appeal to the Commission in the manner and within the time period prescribed for appeals in Chapter 179 (relating to Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure-temporary regulations) of the Commission. The Commission may hear and determine an appeal de novo in accordance with its regular hearing procedures or the parties may seek an expedited documentary hearing in accordance with Chapter 179 Subchapter C (relating to Commission hearings) of the Commission regulations. The parties may appeal the Commission's final determination to the Commonwealth Court within 30 days of receipt of the written adjudication. In the absence of a timely appeal to the Commonwealth Court, a registration shall be deemed final and binding and an official record of the Commission for all purposes under the act. Except that, the Commission may, in its discretion, correct an error or inaccuracy that it may find within the records.(b) The Commission is not an aggrieved party as contemplated by 2 Pa.C.S. § 702 (relating to Administrative Agency Law) and shall be deemed a disinterested party in the registration matter subsequently appealed, by either party, to the Commonwealth Court. In accordance with Pa.R.A.P. 1513(a), as a disinterested party, the Commission shall not be named on the caption or listed as the Respondent on Appellant's Petition for Review.