7.02 – TIME LIMIT
(1) A grievance must be submitted within six months
after the day that the member knew or ought reasonably
to have known of the decision, act or omission in respect
of which the grievance is submitted.
(2) A member who submits a grievance after the
expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1) must
submit reasons for the delay.
(3) An initial authority may consider a grievance that is
submitted after the expiration of the period if the initial
authority is satisfied that to do so would be in the
interests of justice. An initial authority who is not
satisfied shall provide reasons in writing to the member.
(G) (P.C. 2000-863 of 8 June 2000 effective 15 June
2000)
NOTES
(A) Where a member is deployed on an operation and the
six-month time limit expires during the operation, an
initial authority should normally be satisfied, where
preparation and submission of the grievance by the
member during the operation were not reasonably
possible, that the submission of the grievance within a
reasonable period of time after return from the operation
would be in the interests of justice.
(B) The former grievance regulations provided a time
limit of one year. This same time limit applies if the date
that the most recent act or omission on which the
complaint is based occurred, or the date that the member
knew or ought reasonably to have known the facts upon
which the complaint is based took place, was prior to 15
June 2000.
(C) (25 May 2000 effective 15 June 2000)