5 CFR § 1216.209 - Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1216.209"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1216.209 - Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1216.209"
section_name: "Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required."
chapter_name: "MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "1216"
part_name: "TESTIMONY BY MSPB EMPLOYEES RELATING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1204(h); 31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 17967, Apr. 10, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1216"
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# 1216.209 Procedure when a decision is not made prior to the time a response is required.
If a response to a demand or request is required before the General Counsel can make the determination referred to in § 1216.206, the General Counsel, when necessary, will provide the court or other competent authority with a copy of this part, inform the court or other competent authority that the request is being reviewed, provide an estimate as to when a decision will be made, and seek a stay of the demand or request pending a final determination.