Legal service of the Liechtenstein government

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The Legal Service of the Government (RDR) in the Principality of Liechtenstein is a staff unit (official body) within the meaning of the Liechtenstein Government and Administrative Organization Act (RVOG) and assigned to the Ministry for Presidential Affairs and Finance.

The legal service includes lawyers and non- legal clerks and is under the direction of a staff unit manager.

tasks

The tasks of the legal service are laid down in a separate regulation . The tasks of the legal service are:

  • for independent completion according to Art 2 Para. 1 of the Legal Services Ordinance:

a) legal review of legislation;

b) Publication of the State Law Gazette;

c) Supervision of the LILEX legal database and provision of consolidated legal provisions and the associated systematic register;

d) Announcement of state parliament resolutions (laws, financial resolutions and state treaties) for referendum;

e) Preparation of the adjustment of the annexes to the contracts with Switzerland (customs treaty, currency treaty, patent protection treaty, agreement on civil aviation and agreement on stamp duties );

f) Safeguarding the interests of the state as a representative of public law according to Articles 15, 23 and 28 Paragraph 2 of the Maintenance Advances Act ;

g) Training and supervision of legal and summer interns of the legal service of the government;

h) Supervision of the government library;

i) other tasks which are assigned to the legal service of the government by law or regulation.

a) Submission of legal opinions and statements as well as processing of draft decisions;

b) Legal advice to the government and (since June 1, 2013) formally also to members of the government;

c) Provision of legal information to official bodies and commissions ;

d) Elaboration of legal provisions, in particular draft regulations for the enforcement of international sanctions.

Originally assigned to the collegial government, the legal service was subordinated to the justice department in 1998. From 2003 to June 1, 2013, the RDR reported directly to the head of government.

Individual evidence

  1. Art 25 Law of 19 September 2012 on Government and Administrative Organization, LGBl 348/2012. According to Art 33, staff units of the ministries are primarily active in an advisory and supportive capacity. Staff units can in particular be assigned tasks from the areas of planning, preparation, coordination and supervision. The competent member of the government can issue the necessary instructions to the staff units, unless they have been entrusted with individual transactions to deal with them independently.
  2. Art. 1 Para. 1 Ordinance of May 21, 2013 on the Government's Legal Service, LGBl 199/2013. The regulation came into force on June 1, 2013.
  3. The legal service acts largely free of instructions when performing these tasks in accordance with Article 36, Paragraph 1 of the RVOG.
  4. LGBl 199/2013.