---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2421.11"
title: "5"
number: "2421.11"
heading: "Party."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2421.11"
---

# §2421.11. Party.


Party means:

- (a) Any labor organization, employing agency or activity or individual filing a charge, petition, or request;
- (b) Any labor organization or agency or activity
  - (1) Named as
    - (i) A charged party in a charge,
    - (ii) A respondent in a complaint, or
    - (iii) An employing agency or activity or an incumbent labor organization in a petition;
  - (2) Whose intervention in a proceeding has been permitted or directed by the Authority; or
  - (3) Who participated as a party
    - (i) In a matter that was decided by an agency head under [5 U.S.C. 7117](/usc/5/7117.md), or
    - (ii) In a matter where the award of an arbitrator was issued; and
- (c) **The General Counsel, or the General Counsel's designated representative, in appropriate proceedings.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 67291, Dec. 29, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 67291, Dec. 29, 1995]