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Federal Act on the Information Rules of the National Council and the Federal Council (Information Rules Act)

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Promulgation: Federal Law Gazette I No. 102/2014

§ 1
Purpose of this Act and Principle of Publicity
§ 2 
Obligation to Observe Secrecy 
§ 3 
Definitions
§ 4
Classification Levels
§ 5
Forwarding of Information to the National and Federal Councils 
§ 6
Declassification or Re-classification of Information Forwarded to the National Council
§ 7
Procedure for Information Forwarded to both the National and the Federal Councils 
§ 8
Declassification or Re-classification of Information Forwarded to the Federal Council 
§ 9
Classification of Information Created in the National or Federal Council 
§ 10
Declassification or Re-classificiation of Information Created in the National or Federal Council
§ 11
Subcommittees 
§ 12
Authorised Access to Non-Public Information of the National Council 
§ 13
Authorised Access to Classified Information of the National Council 
§ 14
Restriction of the Group of Authorised Persons
§ 15
Authorised Access to Non-Public Information of the Federal Council
§ 16
Authorised Access to Classified Information of the Federal Council
§ 17
Security Briefing
§ 18
Offences Punishable in a Court of Law 
§ 19
Claims under Civil Law 
§ 20
Establishment of Secured Areas
§ 21
Registration 
§ 22
Electronic Processing
§ 23
Unusual Incidents
§ 24
System Checks and Inventory
§ 25
Administrative Assistance
§ 26
Authorisation to Decree Regulations
§ 27
Special Provisions in Departure from §§ 13 and 16
§ 28
Entry into Force 
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This webpage contains a selection of laws that are important for the Austrian Parliament’s work. Although the translations of the authentic German texts have been prepared with great care linguistic compromises had to be made. All translations are unofficial. Some provisions of these laws will remain unclear without a certain background knowledge about the Austrian legal and political system. Please note that these laws may be amended in the future.