Regulations referred to in Chapter 6
[ch 6: page 35]• Negotiating process to reach an ICE agreement (regulation 14): It should not exceed nine months (“a period not exceeding six months commencing at the end of the period of three months beginning with” a valid employee request or employer notification) unless extended by agreement or by periods when the “clock is stopped”
• Complaint about negotiating reps’ appointment or election (regulation 15)–within 21 days of the election or appointment
• Approving a negotiated agreement (regulation 16)
• Negotiated agreement ballot complaint (regulation 17) within 21 days of the ballot
• Negotiating rep exception for the merchant navy (regulation 43)