Public Service Staffing Complaints Regulations

Marginal note:Application to intervene

• 19 (1) Anyone with a substantial interest in a proceeding before the Board may apply to the Board 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 name and contact information that are to be used for sending documents to the applicant;

  • (b) [Repealed, SOR/2011-116, s. 11]

  • (c) the name and contact information of the applicant’s authorized representative, if any;

  • (d) the Board’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:Submissions

  (3) The Board must give the parties and, if they are participants, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Accessibility Commissioner, the opportunity to make submissions in respect of the application.

• Marginal note:Allowing the application

  (4) The Board 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 Board in deciding the matter.

• Marginal note:Directions to intervenor

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