Sec. 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 
Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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

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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]