Implementing Ordinance on the Act on the Organisation of the Government Council and the Administration (Government Council Ordinance, RRV) (Regierungsratsverordnung, RRV) - Allocation (RRV)

1. The tasks are assigned to the directorates and the state chancellery according to subject areas and are stipulated in the annex to this regulation.

1. The State Chancellery (STC) is responsible for the following areas of responsibility

a. Chancellery

1. Secretariat for the Government Council

2. Elections and voting

3. Official Gazette

4. Protocol and official occasions

5. Messenger service

6. Printed materials

b. Legal Service

1. Legal advice for the Cantonal Council, Government Council, and administration

2. Legal representation of the Canton

3. Complaint instructions

4. Legislation and legislative technique

5. Compendium of laws

c. State Archives

1. Tasks in accordance with archival legislation

2. Archaeology

d. Information and Communication

2. Assigned to the State Chancellery are

a. Cantonal Council Secretariat

b. Data protection

1. The Financial Directorate (FD) is responsible for the following areas of tasks

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and Organization

1a. * Internal Control System (ICS)

2. Preparation of Transactions

3. Coordination

4. Communication and Public Relations

5. Controlling

6. Advice and Reporting in Financial Matters

7. * Consultation and Coordination in Digital Transformation

b. Financial Administration

1. Financial and Accounting

2. Budget, State Account, Financial Planning

3. Management of Financial Assets and Funds

4. Collection of Taxes (including Fire Service Replacement Tax)

5. State Bonds, Loans

6. Supervision of the Accounting of Municipalities and Municipal Associations

7. Financial Equalization

8. Insurance Contracts

9. Accounting for Administrative Units and Subsidy Settlements

10. Salt Monopoly

11. Telephone, Central Office for Printing and Material

12. Furniture, Machinery, and Equipment

13. * ...

14. Payroll Administration

15. State Liability

c. Tax Office

1. Taxes of the Canton and Municipalities

2. Direct Federal Tax

3. Withholding Tax

4. Valuation of Properties, including Tax Appraisal

d. Personnel Office

1. Personnel Administration and Recruitment

2. Personnel Development and Support

3. Trainees

4. Administrative Organization with Leadership Structure and Instruments as well as Organizational Development

2. The Financial Directorate is assigned

a. Financial Control

b. Nidwalden Cantonal Bank (NKB)

c. Nidwalden Pension Fund

d. IT Service Center Obwalden/Nidwalden (ILZ)

e. zb Zentralbahn AG (Board of Directors)

f. Swisslos

g. Representation of the Canton in all other participations, insofar as these are not directly assigned to a Directorate

1. The Building Directorate (BD) is responsible for the following areas of duty

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and Organization

2. Preparation of Business Matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and Public Relations

5. Controlling

6. Legal Advice and Procedural Instruction

7. Public Procurement

8. Project Development

b. Office for Mobility

1. Traffic Planning

2. Public Transport

3. Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic

4. Cantonal Roads and Cantonal Bicycle Paths

5. Traffic Safety Officer

6. Aviation

7. National Roads

c. * [6]

d. Office of Building Construction

1. Cantonal Buildings

2. Space Management

3. Management of Properties

4. Lease and Tenancy Agreements

5. Acquisition of Properties and Easements

e. Office for Spatial Development

1. Spatial Planning, Cantonal Planning, and Local Planning

2. Added Value Levy

3. Building Coordination

4. Second Homes

5. Structures and Facilities Outside Building Zones

6. Nature and Landscape Protection

7. Official Surveying and Geoinformation

2. The Building Directorate is assigned

a. GIS Data AG

b. Railway Parking Stans AG

c. * ...

1. The Justice and Security Directorate (JSD) is responsible for the following areas of duties

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and organization

2. Preparation of matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and public relations

5. Controlling

6. Supervision of municipalities and municipal associations (excluding accounting)

7. Supervision of the exercise of popular rights and the lawful composition of authorities

8. Legal assistance

9. Equality of women and men

10. Expropriation insofar as no other directorate is responsible

11. Bar and notarial law

12. Cantonal and municipal boundaries

b. Coordination Office for Emergency Organization

1. Emergency organization, management staff

2. National security cooperation

3. National economic supply

c. Office for Justice

1. Citizenship

2. Civil status services

3. Name changes

4. Settlement and residence

5. Identification documents

6. Migration

7. Jurisdiction in the area of the Swiss Civil Code (excluding child and adult protection)

8. Acquisition of real estate by persons abroad

9. Assistance to victims of crimes (excluding the tasks of the Counseling Center pursuant to Art. 2 kOHG)

10. Execution of sentences and measures for adults

11. Investigation and penal institution

12. Probation assistance

13. Hunting

14. Fishing

15. Dog registry, dog tax

16 * Implementation of court-ordered electronic monitoring pursuant to Art. 28c Swiss Civil Code

d. Land Registry and Notary's Office

1. Land registry

2. Notary's office

3. Land registry adjustments

4. Ship register

e. Cantonal Police

1. Criminal, traffic, and security police including state protection

2. Lake police

3. Explosives

4. Weapons

5. * ...

f. * Office for Military and Civil Protection

1. Military administration

2. Military service obligation and service duty (district command, replacement for military service)

3. Military facilities (training ground, armory)

4. Shooting range

5. Civil protection

2. Assigned to the Justice and Security Directorate are

a. Traffic Safety Center Obwalden/Nidwalden (VSZ)

1. Admission of persons and vehicles to road traffic and shipping

2. Vehicle and ship tax

3. Heavy vehicle levy

b. Nidwalden Property Insurance (NSV)

1. Fire protection

2. Fire department

3. Earthquake-safe design of buildings

c. Nidwalden Relief Fund (NHF)

d. Public Prosecutor's Office

1. The Department of Education (BiD) is responsible for the following areas of responsibility

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and organization

2. Preparation of matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and public relations

5. Controlling

6. Educational institutions outside the canton

7. Educational grants (scholarships and loans)

8. Private educational institutions

b. Office of Primary Schools and Sports

1. Primary schools

2. School psychological services

3. Special education

4. Special education school

5. Early special education training

6. Continuing education for teachers

7. Professional supervision of school operations

8. Sports

9. Relations with the School Presidents' Conference

c. Office for Vocational Education and Secondary School

1. Secondary school

2. Vocational school

3. Vocational basic education

4. Higher vocational education

5. Vocationally-oriented further education

6. Qualification procedures, certificates, titles

7. Career, academic, and vocational counseling

8. Educational information

9. Adult education

d. Office for Culture

1. Cultural preservation and promotion

2. Nidwalden Museum

3. Cantonal library

4. Monument preservation

5. Cultural property protection

2. Assigned to the Department of Education are

a. University of Applied Sciences Central Switzerland (FHZ)

b. Intercantonal Forestry School Maienfeld (IFM)

1. The Directorate of Agriculture and Environment (DAE) is responsible for the following areas of responsibility

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and organization

2. Preparation of matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and public relations

5. Controlling

6. Relations with corporations

b. Office for Agriculture

1. Promotion of agriculture

2. Direct payments

3. Structural improvements (building and civil engineering) as well as land associations subject to project approvals

4. Agricultural land law and lease law

5. Livestock insurance

6. Constructional and material water protection in agriculture

7. Plant protection in accordance with agricultural legislation

8. Social accompanying measures

9. Consulting and further education

c. * Office for Forests and Natural Hazards

1. Forestry

2. Administration of state forests and forests of cantonal foundations

3. Forestry access and developments

4. * Natural hazards

5. Hiking trails

6. Cable cars and ski lifts

7.-10. * ...

11. * Hydraulic engineering of Engelberger-Aa

12. * Maintenance of Engelberger-Aa and Lake Lucerne

13. * Supervision of hydraulic engineering and water maintenance by municipalities and private parties

14. * Regulation of Lake Lucerne

15. * Surveillance of dam installations

d. * Office for Environment and Energy

1. Protection of surface and underground waters

2. Wastewater

3. Water-polluting liquids

4. Waste management

5. Contaminated sites

6. Noise and sound protection

7. Air quality control

8. Environmental impact assessments

9. Soil protection

10. Environmentally hazardous substances

11. Non-ionizing radiation (NIR) including light emissions

12. Emergency drinking water supply

13. * Water usage

14. Mining rights, use of underground resources

15. Cantonal geology

16. Climate

17. Accident prevention

18. * Energy industry, including fossil and renewable energies

19. * Electricity supply

20. * Energy consulting and incentive program

e. * ...

2. Assigned to the Directorate of Agriculture and Environment are

a. Cantonal Electricity Works Nidwalden (EWN)

b. * District Heating Network Lower Kniri AG Stans

**1. The Health and Social Directorate (HSD) is responsible for the following areas:**

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and Organization

2. Preparation of Matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and Public Relations

5. Controlling

6. Statistics in the Health Sector

7. Coordinated Medical Service

8. Enforcement of Care Legislation with the exception of the area of family care according to PAVO and Art. 316 para. 1bis of the Civil Code (ZGB)

9. IVSE Liaison Office

b. Health Office

1. Health Prevention and Organization of the Health System

2. Enforcement of Health Insurance, Health, and Hospital Legislation

3. Hospital Planning and Hospital Supply

4. Professions and Institutions in the Health Sector

5. * Nursing Funding

6. Patients' Rights and Obligations

7. Disease Control

8. Control and Marketing of Medicinal Products

9. School Health and School Dental Care

10. Strategic Issues Related to Aging

11. Burials

c. Social Office

1. Social Planning (Social Issues, particularly in the fields of Families and Youth)

2. Integration, Health Promotion, and Prevention

3. Social Assistance (excluding areas related to the Office for Asylum and Refugees)

4. Supervision and Approval of Foster Care

5. Adoption

6. Official Guardianship

7. Youth and Parent Counseling

8. Narcotics

9. Counseling Center for Victims of Crime according to Art. 2 kOHG

10. Extrafamilial Childcare

11. Coordination of Collaboration among Authorities and Counseling Centers dealing with Violence, Threats, and Stalking

d. Office for Asylum and Refugees

1. Social Assistance for Asylum Seekers, Persons with Non-Entry Decisions, temporarily admitted persons, and recognized refugees

2. Promotion of Social, Linguistic, and Professional Integration of Temporarily Admitted Persons and Recognized Refugees

3. Return Counseling

**2. The Health and Social Directorate is assigned to:**

a. Cantonal Hospital Nidwalden

b. Compensation Fund Nidwalden

1. Social Insurances (Old Age and Survivors' Insurance - AHV, Disability Insurance - IV, Income Compensation - EO, Supplementary Benefits, Family Allowances, etc.)

2. Insurance Obligation, Premium Reduction, and Regress Service for Health Insurance

c. Laboratory of the Founding Cantons

1. Food Inspectorate, Consumer Goods, Chemicals

2. Veterinary Service, Animal Health, Veterinary Medicines, Animal Welfare, Food Safety, Livestock Trade, Dogs (excluding Dog Registry and Dog Tax), Professions in the Field of Animal Health

d. Child and Adult Protection Authority

1. The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) is responsible for the following areas

a. Directorate Secretariat

1. Planning and Organization

2. Preparation of Business Matters

3. Coordination

4. Communication and Public Relations

5. Controlling

6. Housing Subsidies

7. Statistics

8. External Relations

b. Employment Office

1. Employment Placement

2. KAST (Cantonal Office for Employment Insurance)

3. LAM (Logistics of Labor Market Measures)

4. Employment Law

5. Labor Inspectorate, Occupational Safety

6. Sunday Rest

7. Metrology and Calibration

8. Price Disclosure

9. Hospitality Industry, Alcoholic Beverage Trade

10. Protection Against Passive Smoking

11. Itinerant Trade, Markets

12. Home Work

13. Casinos, Gaming Venues, Slot Machines

14. Lotteries, Betting

15. Competencies in the Area of the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO), including Cross-Border Marriage and Partnership Mediation

16. Consumer Credit

17. Permit for Offering Risk Activities

c. Collection and Bankruptcy Office

1. Collections

2. Bankruptcies

3. Public Inventory

d. Commercial Registry Office

e. Economic Promotion

1. Location Promotion

2. Regional Policy

3. Tourism

2. The following are assigned to the Department of Economic Affairs

a. Regional Employment Placement Center Obwalden/Nidwalden (RAV)

b. Unemployment Insurance Fund Obwalden/Nidwalden

c. Central Swiss BVG and Foundation Supervisory Authority (ZBSA)

1. The Department of Finance fulfills the tasks in the areas of financial management, taxation, personnel, and information technology.

1. The Building Directorate performs tasks in the areas of mobility, building construction and property management, spatial planning including nature and landscape conservation, as well as official surveying.

1. The Directorate of Justice and Security fulfills its duties in the areas of legislation, civil status and citizenship, deprivation of liberty, police matters, vehicle and ship traffic, hunting and fishing, defense and civil protection, as well as emergency organization and military services.

1. The Department of Education fulfills the tasks in the fields of education, culture, and sports.

1. The Directorate of Agriculture and Environment fulfills the responsibilities in the areas of agriculture, environmental protection, energy and water usage, natural hazards, as well as general forest management and forestry infrastructure constructions.

1. The Directorate of Health and Social Affairs fulfills the responsibilities in the field of health, including the cantonal hospital, social assistance, social insurance, asylum seekers and refugees, veterinary services, and food inspection.

1. The Department of Economic Affairs fulfills the tasks in the areas of economic promotion, the labor market, the New Regional Policy, housing promotion, bankruptcy and debt enforcement, as well as the commercial register.

1. Meetings are generally held on Tuesdays at the government building in Stans.

2. The government council annually sets the dates for regular meetings and retreat sessions.

1. The meeting of the Government Council takes precedence over all other obligations. Exceptions are decided by the Landammann.

1. The Landammann, together with the Deputy Landammann and the Clerk of the Council, forms the Council Secretariat, which discusses the important matters of the Council meetings and prepares proposals for those matters for which there is no proposal from a directorate.

1. Submissions to the Executive Council shall be forwarded by the State Chancellery to the office of the Executive Council, the responsible directorate, or the State Chancellery for review and recommendation. Complaints are sent to the Legal Service for the execution of the exchange of legal documents.

2. Submissions that do not require an assessment by a directorate shall be forwarded by the State Chancellery directly to the Executive Council for resolution; these are referred to as General Matters.

3. The State Chancellery shall inform the Executive Council at the next meeting about the submissions forwarded according to paragraph 1; it maintains a record of business.

1. Appeals decisions of the Government Council are instructed by the Department of Justice and Security with the involvement of the Legal Service.

1. Directorate motions must be submitted in writing to the State Chancellery by no later than 8:00 a.m. on Friday; they should be drafted in the format (facts of the case, considerations, resolution, legal remedies, distribution list) in which they will be issued following approval by the Executive Council.

2. Motions not submitted by this deadline will only be considered in exceptional cases with the consent of the Landammann.

3. All documents pertaining to the matter must be attached to the motion.

1. **Directorate Motions Concerning Matters of Special Significance**

Directorate motions regarding matters of special significance must be delivered by the State Chancellery to each member of the Government Council no later than the Friday before the meeting.

2. **Demand for Postponement**

If delivery is not made in accordance with paragraph 1, any member may request the postponement of the deliberation, whereupon the delivery must be completed.

1. The State Chancellery prepares the agenda after the deadline for the submission and distribution of the executive motions has passed and promptly forwards it to the members of the Government Council.

1. As of Friday afternoon, the files for the next meeting can be inspected in the government building.

1. Each member is entitled to request that a matter be referred for review or for a supplementary report. In such a case, the proceedings shall be suspended, and the matter shall not be further considered until the supplementary report is submitted to the Executive Council.

2. Supplementary reports must be prepared in writing and attached to the records.

3. They are generally to be submitted to the leading directorate within one month and may be prepared on a form; however, the directorate providing the supplementary report may also indicate its agreement with the current application by affixing its signature.

4. Supplementary reports are not to be made accessible to third parties or the public until after the Executive Council has reached a decision.

1. The competent directorate, assisted by the secretary of the district council or a staff member of the legal service, prepares an initial draft and forwards it to various administrative offices for internal feedback.

2. After revising the draft, a review takes place within the government council, which simultaneously decides on the initiation of the consultation process.

3. After evaluating the consultation process, the draft prepared by the competent directorate is finally reviewed by the government council and forwarded to the district council along with a report.

1. The report for submission to the District Council includes statements on

1. the initial situation and the relation to the government program and financial plan;

2. the objectives;

3. the result of the consultation process;

4. the compliance with the constitution and legality;

5. the most significant changes to the previous legislation;

6. the personnel and financial implications;

7. the impacts on enforcement and the municipalities.

1. The government council addresses the duly presented matters in the following order

1. Minutes;

2. Announcements of transfers;

3. Routine matters;

4. Cantonal council matters;

5. General government matters;

6. Directorate applications.

2. When addressing the directorate applications, the Landammann ensures a regular rotation in the sequence.

1. The Executive Council may call upon experts and third parties for consultation. It determines the involvement of the experts.

1. Motions regarding regularly recurring matters of minor importance shall be deemed adopted following the submission of the records, provided that no member raises an objection at the meeting.

2. The Government Council shall specify by resolution the motions that fall under the category of routine matters.

1. The discussion of a matter shall be postponed if

1. the member responsible for the matter requests this;

2. a member who is unable to attend the meeting has applied for it, and the matter can be postponed.

1. The government council adopts all resolutions by open vote.

2. In all other respects, the voting procedure for contested matters is governed mutatis mutandis by the rules of procedure of the cantonal council.

1. The government council may reconsider a decision if it has not yet been delivered and at least three members agree to the motion for reconsideration.

2. Subject to Article 65 of the Administrative Procedure Act (VRG).

1. Every member is entitled to make a personal statement for the record explaining why they cannot agree with a resolution.

2. The statement must contain a concise reasoning and shall be recorded as a separate resolution under the main resolution's business number, supplemented with the letter a).

3. The member who has made this statement may publicly disclose their opinion, insofar as the resolution is published. However, this statement does not entitle them to publicly oppose the resolution.

1. If a matter does not allow for postponement until the next meeting and does not justify an extraordinary meeting, the Executive Council may make a decision by circulation.

2. A decision by circulation requires the approval of all accessible members, but at least four members.

3. If two members contest the urgency, the decision by circulation is void.

4. Resolutions made in an extraordinary procedure must be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting.

1. The government council elects the members, the presidency, and the secretariat for the committees and commissions to be determined by it.

2. In renewal elections, the proposed members are to be elected in order of their election age, and in the case of equal election age, in alphabetical order; the substitute election for departing members is to be conducted subsequently.

3. If no more candidates are proposed than there are members to be elected, the election is conducted collectively.

1. Elections are to be conducted generally at the inaugural meeting; the committees and commissions previously elected remain in office until this time.

2. Individuals who depart during their term of office are replaced for the remainder of the term.

1. Decisions are communicated by excerpt from the minutes, in exceptional cases by special notification.

1. The protocol contains the finalized resolutions; government council's opinions held in letter form are to be included in the protocol.

2. For discussions of fundamental importance that do not lead to actual resolutions, a memo should be included in the protocol under "Orientations."

3. At the beginning of each meeting protocol, the names of the chairperson, the secretary of the protocol, and the absent members of the government council, as well as details about the location, date, and duration of the meeting, must be recorded.

4. The protocol must not contain any references to the voting ratio.

1. The minutes shall be distributed to all members.

2. The approval of the minutes shall take place at the next meeting.

1. Orders containing generally binding regulations as well as communications to federal and out-of-canton authorities are to be signed by the Landammann and the Landschreiberin or Landschreiber.

2. Contracts are to be signed by the Landammann and the Landschreiberin or Landschreiber, unless the Executive Council grants special authority for contract signing.

3. Extracts of minutes and other communications are to be signed by the Landschreiberin or Landschreiber; facsimile signatures are permitted.

1. The State Chancellery is headed by the State Secretary and is supervised by the Landammann.

1. The State Chancellery

1. assists the Chief Magistrate and the Government Council in management, planning, and coordination at the government level;

2. participates in the preparation and execution of negotiations conducted by the Government Council;

3. prepares the government program and the accountability report in close collaboration with the directorates;

4. supports the Government Council in legislative matters;

5. handles the minute-taking and secretarial functions of the Government Council;

6. manages central information and documentation;

7. oversees the publication of the compendium of laws, the state calendar, the accountability report, the government program, and any other printed materials;

8. is responsible for the editorial content of the official gazette;

9. supports the Government Council in its communications with the Cantonal Parliament;

10. undertakes further tasks assigned to it by legislation.

2. The rules of procedure of the Cantonal Parliament determine the tasks of the State Chancellery for the Cantonal Parliament.

1. The Legal Service is attached to the State Chancellery, whose head serves as the permanent legal advisor to the Government Council.

2. The Legal Service

1. participates in legislation by drafting, revising, and reviewing decrees;

2. provides expert opinions on legal issues to the Government Council and the Cantonal Council;

3. assists the departments with the handling of complaints and advises them on legal matters that they cannot handle or resolve independently;

4. represents the canton in legal disputes.

1. The State Chancellery is affiliated with the State Archive, which is managed by the State Archivist.

2. The responsibilities of the State Archive are defined in the Archiving Act.

1. The division of the individual departments into offices is determined by the government council in the appendix according to the organizational chart; the offices may be further divided into departments by the head of the department.

1. The Director leads the Directorate and bears its political responsibility.

2. The Director

1. manages the Directorate, sets the objectives, and determines the priorities;

2. delegates, as necessary, the direct execution of the Directorate's tasks to subordinate offices as well as employees;

3. informs the Executive Council in a timely manner about all significant occurrences within the Directorate's area and prepares the decisions to be made by the Executive Council;

4. establishes, within the framework of legislation, the detailed organization of the Directorate, particularly with regard to the authority to make personnel decisions at all levels;

5. makes the Directorate's decisions;

6. evaluates the performance and monitors the achievement of objectives of the subordinate offices and assigned institutions.

3. The Director generally has unrestricted authority for issuing directives and conducting oversight within the Directorate.

1. The Director or Head of Department may authorize the Secretary to the Director or Head of Department, or the Heads of Offices, to sign certain transactions in their name and on their behalf.

1. The Directorate Secretariat serves as a general staff unit to support the Directorate Management, particularly in

1. the planning and organization of the Directorate;

2. the preparation of the government council's negotiations;

3. the coordination within the Directorate, between the Directorates, and with the State Chancellery;

4. the information management;

5. the supervision;

6. controlling.

2. ...

1. The Conference of Directors' Secretaries, under the leadership of the Cantonal Secretary, performs coordination tasks; the Executive Council may assign it special responsibilities.

2. The Executive Council may establish additional permanent staff and coordination bodies as institutionalized conferences.

3. It may form project organizations to handle important cross-departmental tasks that are of a temporary nature.

1. The office heads are responsible to their superiors for the management of the departments assigned to them as well as for the fulfillment of the tasks entrusted to them.

2. The office management possesses those competencies necessary for lawful, appropriate, and efficient task fulfillment, which are not expressly reserved for another authority; differing provisions of the legislation remain reserved.

3. The office heads determine the specific organization of the offices.

1. The Executive Council may appoint commissions or committees to the directorates and individual offices if there is a political or factual need for them.

2. These typically have advisory functions.

3. In the absence of specific legal provisions, the Executive Council may issue regulations for individual commissions and committees.

1. The heads of the directorates and offices organize the internal distribution of competencies.

2. The heads of the directorates set the objectives for their subordinate employees and outline in duty statements the scope of tasks, competencies, and areas of responsibility.

1. The Director or Head of Department communicates directly with other cantonal, communal, and federal authorities and offices, as well as with private individuals, regarding matters within their jurisdiction.

2. The same applies to the heads of offices; however, they are only permitted to communicate directly with federal bodies if this is expressly regulated in legislation or job descriptions, or if permitted by the Director on a case-by-case basis.

1. The departments shall manage the credits allocated to them in the budget or through special resolutions of the Cantonal Council, provided that the amount and the beneficiaries are specifically designated (salaries, compensations, contributions to specific corporations, interests, amortizations, etc.).

2. If the amount and the beneficiaries are not specifically designated (purchases of all kinds, general contributions and subsidies, etc.), the departments must seek the decision of the Government Council, provided that the individual expenditure exceeds an amount determined by the Government Council in a resolution.

3. Reserved are the competencies of commissions and offices as described in the legislation.

1. The authority to sign with legal effect in dealings with external entities on behalf of directorates or offices is vested solely in those authorized to sign.

2. Authorized signatories are

1. For the entire scope of a directorate's duties, the director and their deputy;

2. For the entire scope of a commission or another collegiate body assigned to a directorate, the chairperson together with the secretary; extracts of minutes are signed by the chairperson or the secretary;

3. For the entire scope of an office's duties, the head and their deputy;

4. * For specific subject areas of a directorate, the handlers, provided they are granted signing authority by legislation or by the resolution of the government council;

5. * For specific subject areas of an office, the handlers, provided they are granted signing authority by legislation or by the resolution of the directorate.

3. The government council may prescribe collective signing for certain service departments and subject areas.

1. In written and electronic payment transactions, collective signing must always be provided for.

1. The following four individuals are authorized signatories for the postal and bank accounts

1. the head of the relevant directorate;

2. the head of the relevant office;

3. the head of the finance directorate;

4. the finance manager.

2. The finance administration shall designate the responsible directorate and office when opening each account.

3. The four authorized signatories pursuant to paragraph 1 are entitled to

1. collectively sign;

2. authorize additional individuals for collective signing.

4. The executive council may determine areas of expertise in which the relevant authorities are independently allowed to open postal or bank accounts.

1. The directorates issue their appeal decisions with the involvement of the legal service.

1. This regulation shall enter into force retroactively on July 1, 1998; it shall be published in the Official Gazette and incorporated into the statute book.