Federal Ministries Act 1986
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Title: | Federal Ministries Act 1986 |
Long title: | Federal law on the number, scope and establishment of federal ministries (Federal Ministries Act 1986 - BMG) |
Abbreviation: | BMG |
Type: | Federal law |
Scope: | Republic of Austria |
Legal matter: | Public law |
Reference: | BGBl. No. 76/1986 ( WV ) |
Date of law: | February 20, 1986 |
Effective date: | February 21, 1986 |
Last change: | BGBl. I No. 8/2020 |
Legal text: | Current version in RIS |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version ! |
The Federal Ministries Act 1986 (abbreviation: BMG ) regulates the existing federal ministries and their areas of responsibility for the Republic of Austria .
Established federal ministries
Section 1 (1) of the 1986 Federal Ministries Act currently provides for the following 13 ministries:
- the Federal Chancellery
- the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport
- the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
- the Federal Ministry for Labor, Family and Youth
- the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research
- the Federal Ministry for Digitization and Business Location
- the Federal Ministry of Finance
- the Federal Ministry of the Interior
- the Federal Ministry of Justice
- the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- the Federal Ministry for National Defense
- the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
- the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Changes to the division of responsibilities
Since the Federal Ministries Act 1986 not only defines the number of ministries but also their precise areas of responsibility, every change in the allocation of departments within the federal government must be made by law. The 1986 Federal Ministries Act is therefore regularly amended after the coalition negotiations have been concluded. Even after resignations and new appointments of government members, an amendment is occasionally made to adapt the distribution of tasks to the new government team.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ See appendix to § 2
- ↑ Compare, for example, the changes made after the 2013 National Council elections in Federal Law Gazette I No. 11/2014 or the associated initiative proposal
- ↑ Compare, for example, the changes made in the context of the government reshuffle in 2016 in Federal Law Gazette I No. 49/2016 or the associated initiative application