Sec.13b-17-102a. Applicability, purpose and construction

(a) Sections 13b-17-100a to 13b-17-152a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Con-necticut State Agencies, shall govern in all agency proceedings except that other substantive regulations of the agency, which are specific to certain proceedings, shall take precedence. Other procedural regulations of the agency which impose requirements in addition to those imposed by said sections shall also apply.

(b) As used in this section, words in the singular include the plural, words in the feminine include the masculine or neuter and vice versa, as the case may be.

(c) Sections 13b-17-100a through 13b-17-152a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply on and after their effective date to every agency hearing or proceeding, whether such hearing or proceeding commenced before or after such effective date, except where application to a hearing or proceeding that commenced before such effective date would unavoidably result in unfairness to any party or intervenor or would prejudice the public health, safety or welfare.

(Adopted effective October 6, 1997)