Acts and regulations

Regulations relating to amendments to the COVID-19 Regulations

Legal basis: Adopted by Royal Decree 6 November 2020 under the Act of 5 August 1994 No. 55 relating to control of communicable diseases, sections 4-3, 4-3a and 7-12. Submitted by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Act

The purpose of this Act is to limit emissions of greenhouse gases in a cost-effective manner by means of a system involving the duty to surrender greenhouse gas emission allowances and freely transferable emission allowances.

Product Control Act

The purpose of this Act is to prevent products or consumer services from causing damage to health, prevent products from causing environmental disturbance, and prevent environmental disturbance by promoting effective energy use in products.

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Planning and Building Act (1985)

Education Act

Act relating to Primary and Secondary Education and Training (the Education Act)

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The Norwegian Aquaculture Act

A presentation of the new Aquaculture Act, its background and main content.

Kindergarten Act

Kindergartens shall provide children under compulsory school age with good opportunities for development and activity in close understanding and collaboration with the children's homes.

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Act relating to forestry (Forestry Act)

Regulations relating to the protection of traditional knowledge associated with genetic material

Adopted by Royal Decree of 25.november 2016 under section 61a of the Act of 19 June 2009 No. 100 relating to the management of biological, geological and landscape diversity. Submitted by the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

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Regulations of 6 October 2008 concerning partial general application of the Engineering Industry Agreement to the maritime construction industry

Issued by the Tariff Board pursuant to § 3 of the Act of 4 June 1993 No. 58 relating to general application of wage agreements, etc. Chapter I. Introductory provisions § 1. The basis for general application These regulations are laid down on the

Act relating to concession in the acquisition of real property (Concession Act)

Proposition No. 79 (2002-2003) to the Odelsting, Recommendation No. 11 to the Odelsting and Decision No. 8 (2003-2004) of the Odelsting. Decisions of the Odelsting and Lagting respectively 13 and 20 November 2003. Submitted by the Ministry of

Regulations relating to large nature conservation areas and bird reserves in Svalbard as established in 1973

Implementing legislation: adopted by Royal Decree of 4 April 2014 under sections 12, 16 and 17 of the Act of 15 June 2001 No. 79 relating to the protection of the environment in Svalbard (Svalbard Environmental Protection Act). Submitted by the

Regulations relating to quarantine, isolation and prohibition against staying at holiday properties etc. in connection with the outbreak of COVID-19

Persons who have been in close contact with someone who is confirmed to have contracted the SARS CoV-2 virus shall undergo quarantine for 14 days after contact. «Close contact» in this context refers to contact in closer proximity than two metres

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Regulations for the 2019 local government elections for municipalities and counties that are subject to boundary changes that come into effect January 1st 2020

The Norwegian government has adopted changes to the local government structure, reducing the number of municipalities from 428 to 356 and the number of counties from 19 to 11. The mergers will come into effect January 1st 2020.

About the Relationship between Political Leadership and the Civil Service

The purpose of these guidelines is to raise awareness about the relationship between politics and the civil service in light of changes in the tasks and trends in society.

Ethical guidelines for contact with business and industry in the defence sector

Guidelines | August 2019

Guidelines for the Differentiated Sami Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education Programmes

The Guidelines supplement the Regulations and are to provide the policy for the institutions’ programme descriptions.

Requirements specification for PKI in the public sector

This document is a general, functional requirements specification for the self-declaration and procurement of a PKI based eID to be utilised in connection with electronic communication with and within the public sector in Norway.

The Independent Schools Act

The objective of this Act is to help facilitate the establishment and operation of independent schools, so that parents and pupils may choose other schools than the government schools, cf. Section 2 no. 2 of the (Norwegian) Human Rights Act.

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Act relating to Tertiary Vocational Education

The Act was amended by Act of 22 june 2018 no. 85 (in force as of 1 Aug 2018). The title of the Act amended by Act of 29 June 2007 no. 90 (in force as of 1 Aug 2007 pursuant to the Decree of 29 June 2007 no. 758). - Cf. previous Acts of 14 June 1985

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