[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2471.5]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2471--PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2471.5  Filing and service.

    (a) Filing and service of request. (1) Any party submitting a 
request for Panel consideration of an impasse or a request for approval 
of a binding arbitration procedure shall file an original and one copy 
with the Panel. A clean copy may be submitted for the original. Requests 
may be submitted in person or by registered mail, certified mail, 
regular mail, or private delivery service. Requests may also be accepted 
by the Panel if transmitted to the facsimile machine of its office. A 
party submitting a request by facsimile shall

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also file an original for the Panel's records, but failure to do so 
shall not affect the validity of the filing by facsimile, if otherwise 
proper.
    (2) The party submitting the request shall serve a copy of such 
request upon all counsel of record or other designated representative(s) 
of parties, upon parties not so represented, and upon any mediation 
service which may have been utilized. Service upon such counsel or 
representative shall constitute service upon the party, but a copy also 
shall be transmitted to the party. Service of a request may be made in 
person or by registered mail, certified mail, regular mail, or private 
delivery service. With the permission of the person receiving the 
request, service may be made by facsimile transmission or by any other 
agreed-upon method. When the Panel acts on a request from the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service or acts on a request from the 
Executive Director under Sec. 2471.1(a), it will notify the parties to 
the dispute, their counsel of record, if any, and any mediation service 
which may have been utilized.
    (b) Filing and service of other documents. (1) Any party submitting 
a response to, or other document in connection with, a request for Panel 
consideration of an impasse or a request for approval of a binding 
arbitration procedure shall file an original and one copy with the 
Panel. A clean copy may be submitted for the original. Documents may be 
submitted to the Panel in person or by registered mail, certified mail, 
regular mail, or private delivery service. Documents may also be 
accepted by the Panel if transmitted to the facsimile machine of its 
office, but only with advance permission, which may be obtained by 
telephone. A party submitting a document by facsimile shall also file an 
original for the Panel's records, but failure to do so shall not affect 
the validity of the submission, if otherwise proper.
    (2) The party submitting the document shall serve a copy of such 
request upon all counsel of record or other designated representative(s) 
of parties, or upon parties not so represented. Service upon such 
counsel or representative shall constitute service upon the party, but a 
copy also shall be transmitted to the party. Service of a document may 
be made in person or by registered mail, certified mail, regular mail, 
or private delivery service. With the permission of the person receiving 
the document, service may be made by facsimile transmission or by any 
other agreed-upon method.
    (c) A signed and dated statement of service shall accompany each 
document submitted to the Panel. The statement of service shall include 
the names of the parties and persons served, their addresses, the date 
of service, the nature of the document served, and the manner in which 
service was made.
    (d) The date of service or date served shall be the day when the 
matter served, if properly addressed, is deposited in the U.S. mail or 
is delivered in person or is deposited with a private delivery service 
that will provide a record showing the date the document was tendered to 
the delivery service. Where service is made by facsimile transmission, 
the date of service shall be the date on which transmission is received.
    (e) Unless otherwise provided by the Panel or its designated 
representatives, any document or paper filed with the Panel under this 
section, together with any enclosure filed therewith, shall be 
typewritten on 8\1/2\ x 11 inch plain white paper, shall have margins no 
less than 1 inch on each side, shall be in typeface no smaller than 10 
characters per inch, and shall be numbered consecutively. Nonconforming 
papers may, at the Panel's discretion, be rejected.

[48 FR 19694, May 2, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 41294, Aug. 8, 1996]