Marginal note:Notice of pre-hearing conference

101. Unless the matter is urgent, the Executive Director shall provide the parties and intervenors with notice of a pre-hearing conference at least three days before the day that is fixed for it.

Marginal note:Notice of hearing

• 102. (1) Unless the matter is urgent, the Executive Director shall provide the parties, intervenors and, if notice to the Canadian Human Rights Commission is given under subsection 210(1), 217(1) or 222(1) of the Act, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, with a notice of a hearing at least seven days before the day that is fixed for it.

• Marginal note:Failure to attend

  (2) If a person who is provided with a notice of hearing fails to attend the hearing or any continuance of it, the Chairperson or the adjudicator, as the case may be, may proceed with the hearing and dispose of the matter without further notice to that person.

Marginal note:Contents of summons application

103. The Chairperson or an adjudicator, if necessary for the fair and expeditious resolution of the proceedings before the Chairperson or an adjudicator, as the case may be, may require that an application for a summons contain the name and address of the witness to be summoned and a statement of the evidence that the witness is expected to give at the hearing.

Marginal note:Document adduced as evidence

• 104. (1) Any document adduced as evidence shall be filed at the hearing with a copy for the Chairperson or the adjudicator, as the case may be, for each party, each intervenor and, if notice to the Canadian Human Rights Commission is given under subsection 210(1), 217(1) or 222(1) of the Act, for the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

• Marginal note:Bilingualism

  (2) The document shall be filed in both official languages, if it exists in both languages.

Marginal note:Adjournment of hearings

105. The Chairperson or an adjudicator may adjourn a hearing before the Chairperson or an adjudicator, as the case may be, and specify the day, time, place and terms of its continuance.

Marginal note:Withdrawal from a group grievance

106. A bargaining agent who receives a notice of withdrawal from a group grievance referred to in section 218 of the Act after the grievance has been referred to adjudication, shall provide a copy of the notice to the Executive Director.

Marginal note:Transitional

107. The P.S.S.R.B Regulations and Rules of Procedure, 1993 continue to apply after the coming into force of section 108 in respect of all proceedings to which the Public Service Staff Relations Act, chapter P-35 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, continues to apply as provided under Part 5 of the Public Service Modernization Act, chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada, 2003.