{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-1203.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 1203.12","heading":"Granting or denying the request for regulation review.","body":"(a) The Board, in its sole discretion, may grant or deny an interested person's request for regulation review. It will grant a request for regulation review that the Special Counsel submits. It will not, however, review a regulation before its effective date.\n(b) If the Board grants a request, it will review the regulation to determine whether any provision, whether on its face or as implemented by the agency, would require any employee to violate 5 U.S.C. 2302(b).","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER II—MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD","SUBCHAPTER A—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES","PART 1203—PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"10c3e5ce8cf7cd7b78961a91cf4e100134d8ac2e994c64691cf003f869afe91b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-1203.11","next":"us/5-cfr-1203.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}