Continued authority to issue legal acts |
Continued authority to issue legal acts- Constitution of Germany |
Article 129[Continued authority to issue legal acts]
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(1) Insofar as legal provisions that remain in force as federal law grant authority to issue statutory instruments or general administrative rules or to make administrative decisions in individual cases, such powers shall pass to the authorities that henceforth have competence over the subject matter. In cases of doubt the Federal Government shall decide in agreement with the Bundesrat; such decisions shall be published.
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(2) Insofar as legal provisions that remain in force as Land law grant such authority, it shall be exercised by the authorities competent under Land law.
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(3) Insofar as legal provisions within the meaning of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article grant authority to amend or supplement the provisions themselves or to issue legal provisions that have the force of laws, such authority shall be deemed to have expired.
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(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to legal provisions that refer to provisions no longer in force or to institutions no longer in existence.
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