5 CFR § 1203.12 - Granting or denying the request for regulation review.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1203.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1203.12 - Granting or denying the request for regulation review."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1203.12"
section_name: "Granting or denying the request for regulation review."
chapter_name: "MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "1203"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1204(a), 1204(f), and 1204(h)."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1203"
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# 1203.12 Granting or denying the request for regulation review.
(a) The Board, in its sole discretion, may grant or deny an interested person's request for regulation review. It will grant a request for regulation review that the Special Counsel submits. It will not, however, review a regulation before its effective date.
(b) If the Board grants a request, it will review the regulation to determine whether any provision, whether on its face or as implemented by the agency, would require any employee to violate 5 U.S.C. 2302(b).
[54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 41749, Aug. 23, 1991; 89 FR 72966, Sept. 9, 2024]