(a) Documents subject to formatting requirements. The formatting requirements of this section apply to any notice, motion, brief, or other document filed in an appeal subject to this subpart, whether filed electronically or in paper form. These formatting requirements do not apply to an exhibit, an attachment, or the administrative record.

(b) General requirements. Each motion, brief, or other document must be filed separately. In addition, all documents must:

(1) Be captioned with a docket number and a concise title that clearly conveys what is being filed;

(2) Use 12-point font size or larger throughout the document;

(3) Be double-spaced except for the case caption, headings, long quotations, and footnotes, which may be single-spaced;

(4) Have margins of at least 1 inch on all four sides;

(5) Have pages that are numbered sequentially;

(6) Be signed by the party or the party's representative;

(7) Be 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size if filed in paper form, with print on just one side of the page and the document stapled or bound in the upper left-hand corner; and

(8) Be in electronic text-searchable portable document format (PDF) if filed electronically, maintaining original document formatting unless specified differently in the OHA Standing Orders on Electronic Transmission.

(c) Document elements excluded from page computations. Documents subject to page limitations may exclude from the number computation any cover page, table of contents, table of citations, signature blocks, certificates of service, indices, attachments, and exhibits.

(d) Consequences of non-compliance. The Board may decide not to consider any document that does not comply with the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.