Please note: The text below is a translation of the original
Norwegian Act. In the event of any cases where doubt may arise,
the Norwegian text of the Act is valid and binding.
The Act regarding the Register of Business Reporting Obligations
Section 1 Purpose
"The Register of Business Reporting Obligations shall
ensure efficient co-ordination and utilization of the reporting
obligations which the public authorities place on business
enterprises. The Register shall at all times contain an updated
overview of all such reporting obligations and contribute
information on these and the co-ordination that takes place."
Section 2 Organization
The King is responsible for the establishment, organization
and operation of the Register of Business Reporting Obligations.
The Register of Business Reporting Obligations shall be headed
by a Registrar appointed by the King.
The Ministry may provide further regulations on the organization
of the Register, its location and administration, its methods
of registration and payment for the services supplied by the
Register.
Section 3 Compilation of information which is exempted from
the scope of this Act
The King may exempt in part or in whole the collection of
information by public agencies from the provisions of this
act.
Section 4 Notification obligation
All public agencies are required to notify the Register of
Business Reporting Obligations prior to enacting new reporting
obligations or amending existing reporting obligations.
The reporting obligation cannot be implemented before it has
been registered with the Register of Business Reporting Obligations.
The King may provide further regulations concerning which
information must accompany the notification pursuant to paragraph
1 and concerning the procedures for processing such information,
including provisions concerning exemption from the prohibition
on implementation in paragraph 2, and time limits on the processing
of the notification by the Register of Business Reporting
Obligations.
Section 5 Co-ordination obligations
When it is practically possible, public agencies are obliged
to co-ordinate reporting obligations when the reporting obligations
lend themselves to co-ordination.
A reporting obligation lends itself to co-ordination when
it includes the same information as other reporting obligations
and the public agencies, separately, have the authority to
request this information from the business enterprises.
Co-ordination may include transferring information from one
public agency to another, or the collaboration of two or more
public agencies on collecting information jointly or on setting
a common deadline for reporting.
When co-ordination of reporting obligations is undertaken
without the assistance of the Register of Business Reporting
Obligations, the public agencies are obliged to promptly notify
the Register of Business Reporting Obligations about such
co-ordination. The operations of the SSB (Statistics Norway)
do not fall under this obligation.
The King may provide further regulations as to how co-ordination
shall be carried out and may grant exemptions from the co-ordination
obligation.
Section 6 Exemptions from the statutory obligation of secrecy
When a final decision on co-ordination has been reached pursuant
to article 5, paragraphs one, two and three, such co-ordination
may be undertaken without impedance by a statutory obligation
of secrecy.
The exemption in paragraph 1 does not include Section 2-4
of the Act of 16 June 1989, No. 54 regarding Official Statistics
and the SSB (Statistics Norway).
Section 7 Rectifying errors
In the event that information in the registers of a public
agency has been erroneously entered, or any other error has
been made in connection with the registration, the error shall
be rectified by said body without undue delay.
If the error pertains to co-ordinated information, other registers
included in the co-ordination must be notified about the error
by the public agency which discovers the error without undue
delay.
Section 8 Entry into force
This Act enters into force on the date decided by the King.
(1 November 1997 pursuant to the Royal Decree of 10 October
1997.)
Section 9 Amendments in other legislation
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