[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1203.2]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER II--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
 
PART 1203--PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1203.2  Definitions.

    (a) Invalid regulation means a regulation that has been issued by 
OPM, and that, on its face, would require an employee to commit a 
prohibited personnel practice if any agency implemented the regulation.
    (b) Invalidly implemented regulation means a regulation, issued by 
OPM, whose implementation by an agency has required an employee to 
commit a prohibited personnel practice. A valid regulation may be 
invalidly implemented.
    (c) Merit system principles are the principles stated in 5 U.S.C. 
2301(b)(1) through 2301(b)(9).
    (d) Pleadings are written submissions containing claims, 
allegations, arguments, or evidence. They include briefs, motions, 
requests for regulation review, responses, replies, and attachments that 
are submitted in connection with proceedings under this part.
    (e) Prohibited personnel practices are the impermissible actions 
described in 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1) through 2302(b)(11).
    (f) Regulation review means the procedure under which the Board, 
under 5 U.S.C. 1204(f), reviews regulations issued by OPM on their face, 
or reviews those regulations as they have been implemented, or both, in 
order to determine whether the regualtions require any employee to 
commit a prohibited personnel practice.
    (g) Request for regulation review means a request that the Board 
review a regulation issued by OPM.

[54 FR 23632, June 2, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 28658, July 6, 1989]

                          Procedures for Review