Ordinance on the Registry of the Administrative Court

1 The Administrative Commission regulates the organisation of the Administrative Central Chancellery and the Divisional Chancelleries within the framework of this Ordinance.

2 It supervises the management of the Chancelleries.

3 It issues regulations on the care and use of the library.

secretary or

Secretary-General

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175.211

B. Central Registry

Ordinance on the Registry of the Administrative Court

Duties

1 The Secretary General heads the Central Registry and is the supervisor of its staff. He or she coordinates the work of the registry staff directly subordinate to the departments. Furthermore, he or she assists the departmental presidents with personnel recruitment and regulates interdepartmental personnel matters.

2 In the areas of personnel administration, budgeting, accounting, IT, documentation, and archiving, he or she is authorized to represent the court externally without special authorization from the President and decides, within the framework of the budget, on one-off expenditures not exceeding CHF 10,000.

3 He or she ensures the flow of information between the Administrative Court and the Building Appeals Court and Tax Appeals Court, assists the rapporteurs with their visitations, and coordinates the work of the courts regarding reporting, budget, and accounts.

4 If the position of Deputy Secretary General is vacant, the Head Court Clerk of the department presided over by the Presiding Judge shall serve in this capacity.

1 The Central Registry shall perform the following duties, insofar as they do not fall within the scope of duties of the Divisional Registries

a. Screening of incoming mail;

b. Administrative preparation and execution of the business of the central organs of the Court;

c. Support for central services such as IT, telephone, fax, office equipment, office supplies, inventory, reception, library, and archive;

d. Planning tasks such as the preparation of the annual report and statistics;

e. Internal services such as maintenance of the cafeteria and recycling management;

f. Maintaining a collection of the current versions of ordinances, regulations, directives, staffing plans, and job descriptions pertaining to court operations.

2 The Administrative Commission may assign duties pursuant to para. 1 to a division or to individual male or female employees of the administrative registry of a division.

3 If duties are assigned to individual male or female employees, they shall be subject to the professional instructions of the Secretary General. In administrative matters, they shall remain subordinate to the Divisional President.

The Accounts Secretary manages the accounting and fulfills other tasks specified in the job description.

Accounts Secretary

Composition and Subordination

C. Departmental Offices

**Ordinance on the Registry of the Administrative Court**

**175.211**

**1** A division registry comprises

a. the Head Court Clerk,

b. their Deputy,

c. the other Court Clerks,

d. the employees of the administrative registry.

**2** The employees of the division registry are subordinate to the Division President.

1 The Head Clerk prepares the case management for the Presiding Head Clerk

Judge, and for the single judges.

2 In addition, he or she fulfills the duties of a court clerk and the other

duties specified in the job description.

The Court Clerks (male and female)

a. keep the minutes in hearings and deliberations,

Court Clerks

b. participate in hearings and deliberations with a consultative vote,

c. redact judgments and decisions,

d. draft proposed judgments,

e. fulfill other duties as specified in the job description.

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175.211

Ordinance on the Registry of the Administrative Court

D. Final Provisions

1 The Staff Members (Male and Female) of the Administrative Registry Perform the Following Tasks: (Administrative Matters / Personnel)

a. Opening of cases,

b. administrative preparation and execution

1. of procedural orders, namely concerning the exchange of pleadings, evidentiary proceedings, extensions of deadlines, and summonses,

2. of procedure-related internal arrangements, namely concerning assignment, file circulation, and docketing,

c. Issuing and dispatch of orders, resolutions, judgments, and submissions,

d. Entry of decisions into the electronic data processing (EDP) documentation,

e. general secretarial duties for the President(s) of the Division (male and female) and the single judge(s) (male and female),

f. Certificates of legal finality.

2 The signing of summonses, certificates of legal finality, and similar documents may be delegated to the staff members (male and female) of the administrative registry.

3 Exceptionally, they may be entrusted with taking minutes.

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Secretariat and the Registry of the Administrative Court of 26 June 1997

is revoked.

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1 OS 65, 949. For grounds, see ABI 2010, 2576.

2 Entry into force: 1 January 2011.

3 LS 175.2.