§ 2 Ordinance on the Delegation of Signing Authority in the Departments
§ 2 Regulation on the Delegation of Signature Authority in the Departments
1. Signed on behalf of the Departments
a) by the Department Secretary
1. Personnel matters with external effects, such as authorizations to testify in court and conversions of seniority allowances into leave;
2. Orders by the Departments regarding the approval of regulations, statutes, contracts, and forms.
b) by the Department Secretary, the Head of Legal Services, or the Legal Secretary
1. Procedural orders in administrative and supervisory appeal procedures of the Government Council and the Departments (concerning advance payment of costs, additional deadlines, extensions of deadlines, taking of evidence, suspensions, suspensive effect subject to § 36 paragraph 3 VRG, access to files);
2.* Final decisions in administrative and supervisory appeal procedures of the Government Council and the Departments, when the appeal is withdrawn, recognized by the opposing party, settled by compromise, or becomes moot, as well as decisions of non-acceptance due to non-payment of cost advances, non-observance of the appeal period, or lack of appeal justification;
3. Orders on the merits in urgent cases of the procedures mentioned in item 1;
4. Orders regarding free legal aid;
5. Certificates of legal force.
2. Reserved are the provisions in Section 2.2.