(1) General. These rules (chapter 162-08 WAC) shall govern all practice and procedure before the commission, including practice before administrative law judges.

(2) The commission hereby readopts the rules of practice and procedure contained in chapter 162-08 WAC, as amended herein, except for WAC 162-08-108, 162-08-111, 162-08-114, 162-08-116, 162-08-121, 162-08-131, 162-08-135, 162-08-141, 162-08-151, 162-08-155, 162-08-161, 162-08-171, 162-08-212, 162-08-215, 162-08-217, 162-08-275, 162-08-278, 162-08-284, 162-08-295, and 162-08-296, which are hereby repealed or replaced as shown below.

(3) Relation to statutes. These rules supplement the statutory procedures in the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, and the law against discrimination, chapter 49.60 RCW. Where provisions of the law against discrimination are inconsistent with the Administrative Procedure Act, the Administrative Procedure Act governs. RCW 34.05.030(4).

(4) Amendments apply to pending cases. An amendment to this chapter applies to cases pending at the time of the adoption of the amendment, unless the amendment or rule-making order says that it does not apply to pending cases. An amendment to this chapter does not require that anything already done be redone to comply with the amendment, unless the amendment expressly says so.