---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2424.21"
title: "5"
number: "2424.21"
heading: "Time limits for filing a petition for review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2424.21"
---

# §2424.21. Time limits for filing a petition for review.

- (a) A petition for review must be filed within fifteen (15) days after the date of service of either:
  - (1) An agency's written allegation that the exclusive representative's proposal is not within the duty to bargain, or
  - (2) **An agency head's disapproval of a provision.**
- (b) If the agency has not served a written allegation on the exclusive representative within ten (10) days after the agency's principal bargaining representative has received a written request for such allegation, as provided in [§ 2424.11(a)](/cfr/5/2424.11.md?p=a), then the petition may be filed at any time, subject to the following:
  - (1) If the agency serves a written allegation on the exclusive representative more than ten (10) days after receiving a written request for such allegation, then the petition must be filed within fifteen (15) days after the date of service of that allegation on the exclusive representative.
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 62456, Sept. 12, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7134.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 62456, Sept. 12, 2023]