[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2200.20]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
      CHAPTER XX--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2200_RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Parties and Representatives
 
Sec. 2200.20  Party status.


    (a) Affected employees. Affected employees and authorized employee 
representatives may elect party status concerning any matter in which 
the Act confers a right to participate. The election shall be 
accomplished by filing a written notice of election at least 10 days 
before the hearing. A notice of election filed less than ten days prior 
to the hearing is ineffective unless good cause is shown for not timely 
filing the notice. A notice of election shall be served on all other 
parties in accordance with Sec. 2200.7.
    (b) Employee contest. Where a notice of contest is filed by an 
employee or by an authorized employee representative with respect to the 
reasonableness of the period for abatement of a violation, the employer 
charged with the responsibility of abating the violation may elect party 
status by a notice filed at least ten days before the hearing. A notice 
filed less than ten days prior to the hearing is ineffective unless good 
cause is shown for not timely filing the notice.

[51 FR 32015, Sept. 8, 1986, as amended at 57 FR 41684, Sept. 11, 1992]

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