The President of the Norwegian Parliament, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, has decided to continue the publication of a printed collection of Norwegian legislation.
The administration is adopting legislation to ensure that Norwegian laws and regulations are still available in print, Norwegian Parliament President Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen said. Over 90 years.
The Law Faculty of the University of Oslo is responsible for publishing a comprehensive and updated one-part edition of Norwegian legislation so that anyone who needs access to Norwegian legislation can benefit from it, as all applicable laws are gathered in one place.
For many years it was printed and sold in large circulation. It was issued in a collector's version as well as a simpler and cheaper version for students. From 1936 r.
The program is financed by the Legislative Fund of the Legal Department. The fund incurred the costs of updating the law by financing it through sales revenues. Sales of the law collection have fallen significantly in recent years and are now so low that the program has been discontinued. In 2018, 1500 regular and 8500 student issues. Sales are expected to decline further after all major educational sites have gone online.
In January this year, another vice-chairman of the justice committee, Peter Frølich (H), called on the Norwegian parliament to take responsibility for financing the further publication of Norwegian legislation. Then a study of the possibilities and costs associated with it began. It has been shown that it is possible to produce a rulebook of a similar format and that it can be done Cost-effectively.
Every other year Therefore, the President of Parliament, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, has decided that the Storting administration will pay for and continue to publish the legislative publication, but to further reduce costs, decides not to continue issuing Norwegian laws every two years
