---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1203.11"
title: "5"
number: "1203.11"
heading: "Request for regulation review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1203.11"
---

# §1203.11. Request for regulation review.

- (a) An interested person or the Special Counsel may submit a request for regulation review.
- (b) **Contents of request.**
  - (1) Each request for regulation review must include the following information:
    - (i) The name, address, and signature of the requester's representative or, if the requester has no representative, of the requester;
    - (ii) A citation identifying the regulation being challenged;
    - (iii) A statement (along with any relevant documents) describing in detail the reasons why the regulation would require an employee to commit a prohibited personnel practice; or the reasons why the implementation of the regulation requires an employee to commit a prohibited personnel practice;
    - (iv) Specific identification of the prohibited personnel practice at issue; and
    - (v) **A description of the action the requester would like the Board to take.**
  - (2) If the prohibited personnel practice at issue is one prohibited by [5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(12)](/usc/5/2302.md?p=b-12), the request must include the following additional information:
    - (i) Identification of the law or regulation that allegedly would be or has been violated, and how it would be or has been violated; and
    - (ii) Identification of the merit system principles at issue and an explanation of the way in which the law or regulation at issue implements or directly concerns those principles.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, as amended at 65 FR 57939, Sept. 27, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204(a), 1204(f), and 1204(h).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, as amended at 65 FR 57939, Sept. 27, 2000]