Act on Vaud Legislation (LLV) - Annual Compilation (LLV)

1. Laws, decrees, regulations, orders, and other public acts emanating from the Grand Council and the Council of State, once promulgated, are published in chronological order in the Annual Collection of Vaud Legislation.

2. The following are also published in the Annual Collection

a. intercantonal concordats or conventions to which the Canton of Vaud has adhered;

b. international agreements to which Switzerland has adhered, if they particularly concern the Canton of Vaud;

c. the regulations of the Cantonal Court.

1. The acts published in the Annual Collection are mentioned, with their subsequent amendments, in the Directory of Vaud Legislation.

2. The Directory is published annually after updating.

3. During the update, the following are removed from the Directory

a. acts that have been expressly repealed;

b. acts that have ceased to be in force, their period of validity having expired;

c. acts relating to credits granted for investment expenditures or subsidies, once the credit has been amortized;

d. acts of a purely declaratory nature;

e. acts that have produced all their effects;

f. acts implicitly repealed by subsequent federal or cantonal legislation;

g. obsolete acts.

4. The removal of acts referred to under letters a, b, c, and d above occurs ex officio.

5. The removal of acts referred to under letters e, f, and g requires a decree from the Grand Council if it is a law, and an order from the Council of State for other acts.

1. Only the acts that have been published in the Annual Collection (Article 1) and have not subsequently been removed from the Register in accordance with Article 2 are and remain in force.

2. The acts removed from the Register pursuant to letters c and d of Article 2 are deemed repealed as of the date indicated at the head of the Register.

3. The rights and obligations created by an act do not extinguish merely because that act has been removed from the Register.

1. The State Council is responsible for periodically publishing a Systematic Compendium of Vaud Legislation.

2. Amendments made to acts published in the Systematic Compendium are incorporated into the body of the act.

3. The State Council determines the order of subjects in the Systematic Compendium; it designates the acts that should not be included in this compendium.

1. The Council of State is responsible for the publication and execution of the present law.