1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Stjórnartíðindi
The Government Gazette
Published by:
Dómsmálaráðuneyti
(Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs)
Skuggasund 3 — IS-150 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel. +35 45459000
E-mail: stjornartidindi@dkm.stjr.is
Website: http://www.domsmalaraduneyti.is
| Official journal / legal gazette |
There are distinct official publications for primary/secondary legislation and for legal notices, ministerial circulars and other official texts; see point 1.2 for details. |
| First edition |
1874 |
| First online edition |
2001 |
| Paper edition |
Stjórnartíðindi
Price
ISK 280 000
(EUR 2 500) |
| Online edition |
http://www.stjornartidindi.is
Available texts
Section A: PDF since 2001
Section B: PDF since 2001 (and some in HTML)
Section C: PDF since 1995
Access and price
Free
Legally binding
Since 8 November 2005 |
| CD/DVD edition |
No CD/DVD edition |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
Legal basis
| Content |
The Stjórnartíðindi is divided in the following sections:
- Section A: acts of the Althingi (Icelandic parliament)
- Section B: regulations and other administrative rules and announcements (secondary legislation) issued by the ministers, announcements from public agencies and municipalities
- Section C: international treaties, including bilateral agreements
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| Legal basis |
The Stjórnartíðindi is issued under Regulation No 958/2005 on the ‘Publishing of the Government Gazette’ (Reglugerð um útgáfa Stjórnartíðinda) of 8 November 2005. It is based on the ‘Act on the Government Gazette and legal notices’ No 15/2005 (lög um Stjórnartíðindi og Lögbirtingarblað). The Act of 2005 superseded an earlier 1943 act on the same issue, which replaced an 1877 regulation on publishing the Gazette. |
| Legally binding |
Electronic edition |
| Financing |
The publication is financed by payments made by the governmental agencies that publish acts or regulations in the Gazette, with a pricing scheme laid down in Regulation No 958/2005, currently No 1276/2007; Section A is financed by payment order by an annual act on official financing, now No 177/2008. |
| Other gazettes |
Apart from Stjórnartíðindi, there is also Lögbirtingablað, the ‘official gazette’ containing official notices and other legal announcements (i.e. advertisements of vacancies of the highest offices in the country, notices of issuance of licences, opening of bankruptcy procedures, etc.). |
1.3. Details on the online edition
http://www.stjornartidindi.is
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
- Download
- Document notification system available
|
| Format description |
- PDF
- HTML (except annexes and appendices which are always in PDF only)
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| Authenticity |
A chain of trust is ensured with direct contact between the publishing body and relevant ministries. |
| Archiving |
The publishing authority has a contract with an external company to provide archiving and keep the website up to date. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Dómsmálaráðuneyti
(Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs)
For contact details, please refer to point 1.1
| Form and nature |
Public body |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: yes
- Printing: yes
- Dissemination/distribution: yes
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Legislation database: yes, see point 3.2
- Consolidation: no
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1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
There is no special text processing system. Section A publication of the Stjórnartíðindi is based on PDF files received from the parliament, which also prepares an HTML version for publication. As for Sections B and C, the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs receives a Word version from the ministry concerned. The publishing body is preparing a webaccess tool to be used by relevant ministries, subject to proofreading and review by the publishing body itself. |
| Workflow |
There is no single integrated electronic workflow system for drafting, adopting and publishing legislation. Transmission is carried out electronically. |
| Publishing |
- The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs is in charge of proofreading and editing.
- A minimum period of 10 days is required between reception ofthe signed document and the availability of the published text. Exceptionally, publication can take place within 10 days, or even on the same day, upon request. The use of this workflow is charged with an extra 80 %.
- The paper and electronic editions are derived from the same final text file.
- The paper and electronic editions will be published concurrently butthe paper edition is now six months behind (spring 2009).
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2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
See full details >>
Lagasafn Althingis
(The Parliament Law Collection)
A collection of consolidated acts from the parliament (Althing)
http://www.althingi.is/vefur/lagasafn.html
For details, see point 3.2
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Parliament office |
| Content |
All legislation passed by the parliament with links to relevant regulations |
Status of the
consolidated texts |
Official collection |
Deadline for
consolidation |
Consolidation is usually available six months after the changes made to legislation. |
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
3.2. Official databases
For the Stjórnartíðindi online, see point 1.3
1. Lagasafn Althingis
(The Parliament Law Collection)
A collection of consolidated acts from the Parliament (Althingi)
http://www.althingi.is/vefur/lagasafn.html
Organisation
responsible |
Parliament office |
| Content |
All legislation passed by the Parliament in consolidated form |
| Access |
Free of charge |
2. Reglugerðasafn
(Collection of regulations)
http://www.reglugerd.is
Organisation
responsible |
Publication Unit of Stjórnartíðindi |
| Content |
Collection of regulations (not consolidated) |
| Access |
Free of charge |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
There is no commonly used other legal database available.
