Section 111.15. No other pleadings allowed

(a) Other than a motion to quash as set forth in § 111.14 (relating to motions to quash) and a cross-appeal, as set forth in § 111.11 (relating to content and form), no answer or other pleading may be filed or considered in conjunction with an appeal or a cross appeal.

(b) Subsection (a) supersedes 1 Pa. Code § § 31.24, 31.25, 33.41, 33.42, 33.61, 35.1, 35.2, 35.5—35.7, 35.9—35.11, 35.14, 35.18, 35.19, 35.23, 35.24, 35.27—35.30, 35.35—35.41, 35.48—35.51, 35.54, 35.55, 35.211, 35.213, 35.231, 35.241 and 35.251.

The provisions of this § 111.15 adopted January 1, 1970; amended April 7, 1989, effective April 8, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 1631; amended December 6, 2002, effective December 7, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 6043. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (259547).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 111.15 amended under sections 401.1 and 435(a) and (c) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (77 P. S. § § 710 and 991(a) and (c)); section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. § 1514).