Own sphere of activity
The own sphere of activity is a term from Austrian municipal law.
“In addition to the matters listed in Art. 116, Paragraph 2, the own sphere of activity includes all matters which are in the exclusive or predominant interest of the local community embodied in the community and which are suitable to be taken care of by the community within its local borders. The laws must expressly designate such matters as those within the municipality's own sphere of activity. "
Constitutional aspects
"The area of activity of the municipality is its own and one that is delegated by the federal government or the state."
Thus - the Federal Constitutional Law (B-VG) is also the basis of the relationships between the regional authorities - the concept of one's own sphere of activity has constitutional status.
In their own sphere of activity, administrative authorities, in this case municipalities, are entitled to make decisions themselves and without instructions from the federal or state governments (Art. 118 B-VG). You are therefore authorized to issue ordinances or individual decisions such as notices. Concrete examples of this are the ordering of the community organs (mayor, community board, community council), community employees or the administration of community traffic areas. Further matters are demonstratively listed in Art. 118 Para. 3 B-VG.
See also
- Transferred scope
- Own sphere of activity (Germany)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tasks of the Austrian municipalities: Own and transferred sphere of activity ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Section 2.1 in Lukas Lengauer: The municipal level in the Austrian federal state , 2. Structural features and political practice of Austrian local politics in the post-war period. At WU Vienna: Suburbanization and (re-) territorialization in the Vienna Region , wwwap.wu.ac.at. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
