Act on Publications in the Official Gazette and on the Collection of Laws of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (Publikationsgesetz) - Subject Matter

1. This law regulates what the public authorities publish in the Cantonal Gazette as the official publication organ, and which of the published items are included in the statutory collection.

1. Official announcements, legislative decrees, and contracts of the canton and municipalities are published in the Official Gazette.

2. In certain cases, or when extraordinary circumstances require it, a publication may also occur through a notice in the press, on the internet, via radio or television, or through other appropriate means.

1. Legislative Enactments and Contracts of the Canton shall be included in the Code of Laws. This may also encompass municipal law.

1. Legislative enactments intended for publication are reviewed in terms of legal, editorial, and legislative technical aspects prior to adoption.

2. For legislative enactments of the municipalities, only a review in terms of editorial and legislative technical aspects is conducted.

1. The Cantonal Gazette and the Collection of Laws shall be published in electronic form.

2. The version published in the electronic form of the Cantonal Gazette is authoritative.

1. Legislative ordinances that are not subject to a referendum come into force on the fifth day after their publication, unless the ordinance itself specifies otherwise.

2. Legislative ordinances that are subject to a referendum come into force on the fifth day after the publication of the unused expiration of the referendum period or, in the case of a public vote, on the fifth day after the publication of the acceptance by the eligible voters, unless the ordinance itself specifies otherwise.

3. Legislative ordinances requiring approval come into force on the fifth day after the publication of the approval, unless the ordinance itself specifies otherwise.

1. If the publication in the Cantonal Gazette does not correspond to the resolution of the issuing authority or contains errors in the official communication that alter the meaning, a formal correction must be made in the Cantonal Gazette.

2. Grammatical, spelling, and presentation errors that do not change the meaning of a provision are corrected informally in the legal collection.

3. Information such as names of administrative units, references, citations, or abbreviations are adjusted or indicated informally.

1. Legislative enactments or individual provisions that have been included in the collection of laws and that have been replaced by other enactments, become obsolete, or have become irrelevant, must be formally repealed.

2. If the issuing authority does not act on its own initiative after notification by the competent department, the department may formally declare as repealed those legislative enactments that have become obsolete or irrelevant and are not subject to a referendum.

1. The Canton Gazette, the law collections of the canton and the federation, as well as decrees published under extraordinary proceedings by the federation (Art. 7 para. 3 of the Federal Act on the Compilations of Federal Legislation and the Federal Gazette of June 18, 2004) can be inspected at the competent department.

1. The Government Council ensures through appropriate measures that the authenticity, integrity, and archiving of electronically published content are guaranteed.

1. Publications containing personal data must not be accessible on the internet longer than necessary and must not contain more information than required for their purpose.

2. The government council shall establish the further necessary measures to ensure the protection of personal data in electronic publications.

1. The costs for publications in the Cantonal Gazette shall be imposed on the client. Special statutory provisions remain reserved.

2. Access to the Cantonal Gazette and the law collection in electronic form is free of charge.

3. For publications in printed form, the government council shall set reasonable fees based on the effort involved.

1. The government council issues the implementing regulations.