Provincial Assembly Decision on Enforcement of the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

("Official Gazette of AP Vojvodina", number 20/2014)

Pursuant to Article 34, line 2 and Article 41, paragraph 2, line 2 of the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (“Official Journal of the AP Vojvodina, No.17/09),

at the session held on 22 May 2014, the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina passed the

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY DECISION ON THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATUTE OF THE AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF VOJVODINA

Article 1

The Statut of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (hereinafter: the Statute) shall be enforced from the day of its entry into force.

Article 2

The Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (hereinafter: the Assembly of the APV) shall continue with its activities and perform its duties, in accordance with regulations in force.

Article 3

The Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina shall continue with its activities and perform its duties, as the Provincial Government, in accordance with regulations in force.

Article 4

The Provincial Ombudsman shall continue with its activities and perform its duties, as the Provincial Protector of Citizens- Ombudsman, in accordance with regulations in force.

Article 5

Provincial administrative authorities, services, departments and other provincial organisations shall continue with their activities and perform their duties, in accordance with regulations in force, until brought into line with the Statute.

Article 6

Provincial assembly decisions and other provincial regulations shall remain in force, until brought into line with the Statute, within the time frame stipulated by this Provincial Assembly Decision, unless this Provincial Assembly Decision stipulates they cease to be valid.

Article 7

The Provincial Assembly Decision on the Council of National Communities (“Official Journal of the AP Vojvodina”, No. 4/10) shall cease to be valid on the day of entry into force of  this Provincial Assembly Decision.

Article 8

Bringing provincial regulations  into line with the Statute shall be carried out until 30 November 2014.

Provincial Assembly Decisions on the Assembly of the APV, on the Provincial Government, on the Provincial Administration, on the Provincial Protector of Citizens-Ombudsman and on the Form and Use of Symbols and Traditional Symbols of the AP Vojvodina, shall be enacted not later than within three months from the day of entry into force of this Provincial Assembly Decision.

The Rules of Procedure of the APV and the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Government shall be rendered not later than within 60 days from the day of entry into force of provincial assembly decisions, referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.

Other general and individual acts of the Assembly of the APV and the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, shall continue to be enforced as general and individual acts of the Assembly of the APV or the Provincial Government.

Article 9

The Provincial Government and the Secretariat of the Provincial Government shall continue, until 31 December 2014, to execute expenditures laid down in the Provincial Assembly Decision on the Budget of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina for 2014 (“Official Journal of the AP Vojvodina”, No. 50/13, under the heading titled: “The Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina” and “The Secretariat of the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina”.

The Provincial Protector of Citizens- Ombudsman shall continue, until 31 December 2014, to execute expenditures laid down in the Provincial Assembly Decision on the Budget of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina for 2014 (“Official Journal of the AP Vojvodina”, 50/13), under the heading titled: The Provincial Ombudsman”.

Article 10

The Provincial Assembly Decision on the Enforcement of the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (“Official Journal of the AP Vojvodina”, No. 18/09) shall cease to be valid on the day of entry into force of  this Provincial Assembly Decision.

Article 11

This Provincial Assembly Decisions shall enter into force on the eighth day from the day of its publishing in the “Official Journal of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina”.

ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF VOJVODINA

Novi Sad, 22 May, 2014

PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSEMBLY OF THE AP VOJVODINA

Pásztor István, duly signed
(Pásztor István, s.k.)