Implementing provisions to the Cantonal Register Harmonisation Act (AB kRHG) - Official Registers (ABKRHG)
Table of Provisions (12)
Statutory Text (12 Articles)
1. The Cantonal Register Harmonization Act applies to the data
a. of the population register;
b. of the electoral register;
c. of the building and dwelling register;
d. of the business and enterprise register;
e. of the general address directory.
1. On the cantonal data platform, the identifiers and characteristics are maintained in accordance with Article 1, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the implementation provisions concerning the data of the residents' registers.
1. On the cantonal data platform, individuals eligible to vote on federal, cantonal, or municipal matters are recorded with their last name, first name, address, insurance number, or year of birth.
1. In the cantonal building and housing register, the identifiers and characteristics are recorded in accordance with the catalog of characteristics of the federal building and housing register, as well as the delivery address of the property management or ownership.
1. All street names are recorded in the street directory.
2. The street directory is continuously updated by the local municipalities.
1. The canton operates a cantonal business and enterprise register to fulfill the legally prescribed duties of the canton and municipalities as well as for statistical purposes.
2. The cantonal business and enterprise register maintains the federally provided personal identifiers or company numbers, namely
a. the data from the business and enterprise register according to the Federal Ordinance on the Business and Enterprise Register (BURV);
b. the enterprise identification number (UID) according to the Federal Act on the Enterprise Identification Number (UIDG).
3. The cantonal business and enterprise register is updated with reports from the federal business and enterprise register.
4. The content of the cantonal business and enterprise register may be shared with the federal business and enterprise register.
1. The canton operates a general address directory on the cantonal data platform, in which characteristics of natural persons and companies are stored that are not maintained in any other cantonal register.
1. Restrictions in the registers shall be transferred to the cantonal data platform.
1. The Department of Economic Affairs determines the fees for data access by third parties on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the principles of cantonal fee legislation.
1. The contributions paid by the federal government for the establishment and maintenance of the building and housing identifiers are used for the operation of the cantonal data platform.
2. The municipalities are relieved of the cost of operating the cantonal data platform to the extent of these federal contributions.
1. The Obwalden - Nidwalden Information Technology Performance Center (ITPC) is the coordinating office for the Building and Housing Register.
2. It serves as the point of contact for the Federal Statistical Office and defines quality standards in accordance with federal law requirements.
1. The following organizations and individuals under public or private law, which do not belong to the cantonal administration or the municipal administrations, and which are entrusted with administrative tasks by federal law, cantonal law, municipal law, or by contract, may systematically use the insured person's number, as far as it is necessary for the fulfillment of their legal or contractual tasks
a. eOperations CH for data exchange within the scope of eMoveCH;
b. Compensation Fund of the Canton of Obwalden;
c. Regional Job Placement Center RAV Obwalden Nidwalden;
d. Nidwalden Property Insurance, Fire Inspection Office;
e. Central Switzerland Cancer Registry;
f. Information Technology Service Center Obwalden - Nidwalden (ILZ);
g. Swiss Abroad Register eVERA;
h. Regional Social Service Obwalden (RSD);
i. Serafe eCH-0201 BAKOM.