Act on the Harmonisation of Official Registers (Register Act) (Registergesetz) - Purpose (EWID)

1. The law implements the Federal Act on the Harmonization of the Population Registers and Other Official Registers of Persons (Register Harmonization Act) of June 23, 2006, and the associated implementing decrees of the federal government.

2. It also aims to simplify data exchange through the harmonization of the registers managed by the municipalities and the canton.

3. It regulates the structure and operation of the cantonal residents' platform, the cantonal building and housing register, and the cantonal business and company register, as well as the systematic use of the AHV insured number.

1. The competent authority for the coordination, implementation, and quality control of register harmonization pursuant to Article 9 of the Register Harmonization Act is the central statistical office of the canton.

2. It is also responsible for managing the cantonal resident platform, the cantonal building and dwelling register, and the cantonal business and enterprise register.

1. Principal Residence as Defined by This Law: A person has their principal residence in the municipality where they intend to permanently remain in order to establish the focal point of their life.

2. For Foreign Nationals Required to Register: According to Article 12 of the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals dated December 16, 2005, the principal residence is in the municipality for which the residence or settlement permit has been granted.

3. A person may have only one principal residence.

1. Secondary Residence within the meaning of this law is acquired by a person in the municipality where they stay for a specific purpose without the intention of permanent residence for at least three consecutive months or three months within a year.

2. A person may have multiple secondary residences.

3. If a person in Switzerland has one or more secondary residences but no primary residence as per § 3, a Swiss primary residence must be designated.

1. The Federal Building Identifier (EGID) is the building identifier according to the federal building and dwelling register.

1. The Federal Housing Identifier (EWID) is the housing identifier according to the Federal Building and Housing Register.

1. The municipalities and the canton collaborate to ensure the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of the registers.

2. The central statistics office of the Canton of Lucerne, in consultation with the municipalities, the relevant cantonal administrative bodies, as well as the relevant autonomous public-law institutions and corporations, establishes the technical requirements for the development and operation of the cantonal registers.

1. The municipalities maintain a residents' register in accordance with § 13 of the Law on Residence and Domicile dated December 1, 1948.

2. In the residents' register, all individuals with a primary or secondary residence in the municipality are registered.

1. The canton operates a cantonal resident platform as a replica of the municipal resident registers for fulfilling the tasks legally prescribed for the canton and the municipalities, as well as for statistical purposes.

2. The cantonal resident platform contains the characteristics of the municipal resident registers in accordance with § 13 paragraph 2 of the Law on Settlement and Residence, as well as those characteristics the government council additionally prescribes by regulation based on § 13 paragraph 3 of the same law.

**1. The Canton operates a federally recognized cantonal building and housing register to fulfill the legally prescribed tasks of the canton and the municipalities, as well as for statistical purposes.**

2. The cantonal building and housing register maintains records of buildings with and without residential use, temporary accommodations, and special constructions according to the definitions and requirements of the attribute catalog of the federal building and housing register.

3. The following attributes are maintained in the cantonal building and housing register

a. Attributes according to the attribute catalog of the federal building and housing register,

b. Delivery address of the property management or of the owner.

4. The government council may, in consultation with the data protection officer, provide for the maintenance of additional attributes.

5. The cantonal building and housing register is updated with reports from the federal building and housing register as well as reports from municipalities, from cantonal administrative bodies, and from independent public-law institutions and corporations.

1. The canton maintains a cantonal business and enterprise register to fulfill the legally mandated tasks of the canton and municipalities, as well as for statistical purposes.

2. The cantonal business and enterprise register contains the characteristics of the federal business and enterprise register.

3. The government council may, after consultation with the data protection officer, provide for the inclusion of additional characteristics.

4. The cantonal business and enterprise register is updated with reports from the federal business and enterprise register, as well as reports from municipalities, cantonal administrative bodies, and independent public-law institutions and corporations.

5. The contents of the cantonal business and enterprise register may be shared with the federal business and enterprise register.

1. Real estate administrations or the owners are obligated to maintain the federal building identifier (EGID) and the federal apartment identifier (EWID).

2. Real estate administrations or landlords are obligated to provide tenants with the EGID and EWID of the apartments they occupy in a housing certificate free of charge.

1. All registry-keeping authorities of the municipalities and the canton in accordance with Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Register Harmonization Act must connect to the central information and communication platform of the federal government (Sedex).

2. The data transmission between the registers in accordance with Sections 8 and 9 takes place exclusively via Sedex.

1. The municipal offices responsible for maintaining the residents' register shall exchange data in accordance with Article 6 of the Register Harmonization Act upon the departure and arrival of persons.

2. The municipalities exchange the data free of charge.

1. Municipalities, the competent cantonal administrative bodies, and the independent public-law institutions and corporations are obliged to provide the required data to the central statistical office of the canton free of charge for the establishment, updating, and quality control of the cantonal registers in accordance with §§ 9-11. The government council designates the entities authorized and responsible for updating.

2. Data transmission must occur at least on a daily basis for changes.

3. The central statistical office of the canton determines the frequency of inventory deliveries, the interfaces, and the technical modalities for data transmission.

1. The central statistics office of the canton is responsible for the data transmission to the Federal Statistical Office in accordance with Article 14 of the Register Harmonization Act.

2. It is also responsible for regulating the data transmission to the Federal Statistical Office for the updating of the federal building and housing register as well as the federal business and enterprise register according to federal specifications.

1. Authorities and institutions authorized by federal law, which are entrusted with the execution of cantonal law, may systematically use the AHV insurance number for the fulfillment of their legal duties.

2. The following authorities and institutions, entrusted with the execution of cantonal law and not mentioned under paragraph 1, may systematically use the AHV insurance number for the fulfillment of their legal duties

a. Lucerne Police,

b. Road Traffic Office,

c. Land Registry Offices,

d. Lucerne Building Insurance,

e. Cantonal Medical Services,

f. Collective households that must provide data to the resident registers according to federal law.

3. Other authorities and institutions may only systematically use the AHV insurance number for the fulfillment of their legal duties if a law provides for it.

1. The right to request information about personal data contained in the registers in accordance with §§ 8-11 and to inspect them is governed by the Cantonal Law on the Protection of Personal Data (Cantonal Data Protection Act) dated July 2, 1990.

1. Restrictions in the municipal residents' register pursuant to § 11 paragraph 4 of the Cantonal Data Protection Act are also transferred to the cantonal residents' platform.

**1. Municipalities, Cantonal Administrative Bodies, and Independent Public Legal Entities and Corporations**

Municipalities, cantonal administrative bodies, and independent public legal entities and corporations have access to those data from the cantonal registers in accordance with §§ 9-11, which are necessary for the fulfillment of their statutory duties.

**2. Central Statistics Office of the Canton**

The central statistics office of the canton may access all data from the cantonal registers for statistical purposes, provided that the conditions according to §§ 22-24 of the Statistics Act of February 13, 2006, are met.

**3. Determination by the Government Council**

The government council, after consultation with the data protection officer, shall determine the bodies referred to in paragraph 1, as well as the nature and content of their access rights and any applicable fees.

1. The central statistics office of the canton coordinates the initial allocation of the EWID throughout the canton.

2. The government council may authorize the central statistics office to appoint third parties for the execution of specific subprocesses.

3. The municipalities or the appointed third parties are authorized to access buildings up to the apartment door if necessary for the initial allocation of the EWID.

4. Upon request from the municipalities, the central statistics office of the canton, or the appointed third parties, the following entities are obliged to provide available data necessary for the initial allocation of the EWID free of charge

a. Electricity supply companies,

b. Property owners and administrations,

c. Luzern Building Insurance,

d. Land registry offices,

e. Entities commissioned with official surveying.

5. If the information according to paragraphs 3 and 4 is insufficient, the residents of the respective apartments are obligated, upon request, to provide the central statistics office of the canton, the municipalities, or the appointed third parties with information regarding the size and location of the apartment as well as the names and first names of the residing individuals.

1. The canton shall bear half of the costs for the initial allocation of the EWID, which are to be paid to appointed third parties pursuant to § 21 paragraph 2. The municipalities shall bear the other half of the costs. The government council shall regulate the specifics. In doing so, it shall take into account the size and the preliminary work already carried out by the individual municipalities.

1. The cantonal resident platform is established through data transfer from the municipal resident registers.

2. The cantonal building and housing register is established through data transfer from the federal building and housing register.

3. The cantonal business and enterprise register is established through data transfer from the federal business and enterprise register.

1. The following decrees are amended according to the annex

a. Law on Settlement and Residence as well as on Compulsory Measures in Foreign Nationals Law of December 1, 1948,

b. Statistics Act of February 13, 2006,

c. Data Protection Act of July 2, 1990.

1. This law shall enter into force on August 1, 2009. It is subject to an optional referendum.