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National Minorities and Minority Languages Act (2009:724).

Main Region

First Region

Sweden
Indigenous and tribal peoples
2009-06-11
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Lag (2009:724) om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk.
Introduces 21 articles with provisions for the rights of national minorities and the right to use national minority languages in the public administration and courts.

Art. 1-5 concern the content, scope and basic provisions of the act as well as the relation to EU frame Conventions on protection of national minorities and minority languages, and the Language Act (2009:600) of Sweden.
Art. 6-7 concern the geographic scope of the Act divided in municipalities.
Art. 8-12 concern the right to use national minority languages when communicating with official authorities.
Art. 13-16 concern the right to use national minority languages when communicating with the courts of law.
Art. 17-18 concern the use of minority languages in pre-school activities and in the elderly care system.
Art. 19 concerns potential exceptions for certain authorities to article 8 on the right to communicate with governmental agencies in a minority language.
Art. 20-21 concern the follow-up on the implementation of this act by public administration authorities.

The Act repeals the Act (1999:1175) concerning the right to use Sami language with public authorities, and the Act (1999:1176) concerning the right to use Finnish and Meänkeli languages with public authorities.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2010-01-01
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Implementing Text region

Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Fritzes författningssamling
    Date
    2009
    Volume
    Vecka 27
    Number
    No. 16
    Page range
    4 pp.
    ISBN
    1403-8889