Public Service Staffing Complaints Regulations

Marginal note:Application to intervene

• 19 (1) Anyone with a substantial interest in a proceeding before the Tribunal may apply to the Tribunal for permission to intervene in the proceeding.

• Marginal note:Form and content of application

  (2) The application must be in writing and must include

  • (a) the applicant’s name, address, telephone number and fax number, and a mailing address or electronic mail address that is to be used for sending documents to the applicant;

  • (b) [Repealed, SOR/2011-116, s. 11]

  • (c) the name, address, telephone number, fax number and electronic mail address of the applicant’s authorized representative, if any;

  • (d) the Tribunal’s file number for the complaint that is the subject of the application;

  • (e) the grounds for intervention and the interest of the applicant in the matter;

  • (f) the contribution that the applicant expects to make if allowed to intervene;

  • (g) the signature of the applicant or their authorized representative; and

  • (h) the date of the application.

• Marginal note:Representations

  (3) The Tribunal must give the parties and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, if it is a participant, the opportunity to make representations in respect of the application.

• Marginal note:Allowing the application

  (4) The Tribunal may allow the applicant to intervene after considering the following factors:

  • (a) whether the applicant is directly affected by the proceeding;

  • (b) whether the applicant’s position is already represented in the proceeding;

  • (c) whether the public interest or the interests of justice would be served by allowing the applicant to intervene; and

  • (d) whether the input of the applicant would assist the Tribunal in deciding the matter.

• Marginal note:Directions to intervenor

  (5) In allowing the application, the Tribunal may issue directions regarding the role of the intervenor, including any matter relating to the procedure to be followed by the intervenor.