Local Government Act of Finland

E495526

Finnish act legislation

The Local Government Act of Finland is the primary national legislation that defines the organization, powers, responsibilities, and democratic functioning of municipalities and their councils across Finland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Finnish Local Government Act	4
Local Government Act of Finland canonical	2
Municipal Act of Finland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finnish act ⓘ legislation ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify division of powers within municipalities ⓘ ensure democratic local decision-making in Finland ⓘ promote participation of municipal residents ⓘ promote transparency in municipal administration ⓘ
appliesTo	Finnish municipalities ⓘ
basedOn	principle of local self-government guaranteed in the Constitution of Finland ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
defines	basic structures of local government in Finland ⓘ general competence of municipalities in Finland ⓘ principles of municipal administration in Finland ⓘ principles of municipal financial management in Finland ⓘ procedures for municipal decision-making ⓘ relationship between municipal council and municipal executive board ⓘ rules on municipal elections framework ⓘ rules on municipal residents’ participation and influence ⓘ
enforcedBy	Finnish courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	delegation of decision-making powers within municipalities ⓘ establishment of municipalities in Finland ⓘ liability of municipal office-holders ⓘ mergers of municipalities in Finland ⓘ municipal auditing and oversight ⓘ municipal by-laws and rules of procedure ⓘ municipal cooperation arrangements ⓘ municipal financial reporting ⓘ preparation and approval of municipal budgets ⓘ public access to municipal documents within its scope ⓘ
interpretedBy	Finnish administrative courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfPublication	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalArea	administrative law ⓘ local government law ⓘ
publisher	Ministry of Finance of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	democratic functioning of municipal councils in Finland ⓘ municipal self-government in Finland ⓘ organization of municipalities in Finland ⓘ powers of municipal councils in Finland ⓘ responsibilities of municipalities in Finland ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Municipal elections in Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	municipalities to arrange opportunities for resident participation ⓘ municipalities to have an audit committee or equivalent body ⓘ municipalities to have an elected municipal council ⓘ municipalities to organize administration through regulations of procedure ⓘ municipalities to prepare an annual budget and financial plan ⓘ
subjectOf	local government reforms in Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lappeenranta City Council → operatesUnder → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

Municipal council of Masku → governedBy → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Local Government Act

Espoo City Council → operatesWithinLegalFramework → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Local Government Act

Finnish law → codification → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Municipal Act of Finland

Municipal council of Kirkkonummi → follows → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

Helsinki City Board → governedBy → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Local Government Act

Turku City Council → legalBasis → Local Government Act of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Local Government Act