Legislation

Regulation concerning the manufacture of medicinal products No. 893/2004 as amended by Regulation No. 1100/2010.  

Updated: November2018 Regulation on clinical trials of medicinal products in humans, No. 443/2004, as amended by Regulations No. 907/2004 and No. 1099/2010

Regulation concerning Marketing Authorisations for Natural Medicinal Products and Registration of Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products No. 142/2011

Updated: August 2023 Act on Counselling and Education regarding Sex and Childbirth, No. 25/1975  as amended by Act No. 82/1998, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011 and No. 23/2016, No. 35/2019 a...

Updated: November 2018 The Social Security Act, No. 100/2007 as amended by Act No. 105/2007, No. 160/2007, No. 17/2008, No. 57/2008, No. 112/2008, No. 155/2008, No. 173/2008, No. 55/2009, N...

Social Assistance Act, No. 99/2007 Originally Act No. 118/1993. Amended by Act No. 160/2007, No. 112/2008, No. 120/2009, No. 162/2010, No. 164/2010, No. 106/2011, No. 126/2011, No. 8/201...

Regulation on Medical Devices No. 934/2010

Act on Radiation Protection, No. 44/2002 as amended by Act No. 28/2008, Act No. 88/2008, Act No. 82/2010, Act No. 162/2010, Act No. 126/2011and Act No. 121/2013.

Updated:August 2023 Act on Health Security and Communicable Diseases, No. 19/1997 (Not fully translated) as amended by Act No. 90/2000, No. 93/2002, No. 164/2002, No. 55/2004, No. 43/200...

Updated: November 2018 The Ombudsman for Debtors Act, No. 100/2010 as amended by Act No. 135/2010, No. 151/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 166/2011, No. 23/2012, No. 9/2014, N...

Updated: November 2018 Act on Workplace ID Cards and Workplace Inspection, No. 42/2010 as amended by Act No. 162/2010, Act No. 126/2011 and No. 75/2018.

Act on European Works Councils in Undertakings, No. 61/1999,  as amended by Act No. 104/2014

Updated: August2023 Health Records Act, No. 55/2009  as amended by Act No. 6/2014, No. 44/2014, No. 77/2014 and No. 90/2018.

Updated: August 2023 Healers Act No. 34/2005 as amended by Act No. 88/2008, No. 34/2012 and No. 90/2018.

Regulations on a voluntary registration system for healers, No. 877/2006

Art. 1 Government agencies under the A-budget may keep accounts in commercial and savings banks in order to make daily payments, subject to the limits of Article 2. The Minister of Finance may decide...

Updated: August 2023 Act on Health Insurance No. 112/2008  as amended by Act No. 173/2008, 55/2009, 121/2009, 131/2009, 147/2010, 162/2010, 126/2011, 155/2011, 45/2012, 105/2012,...

Updated: August 2023 Medical Director of Health and Public Health Act, No. 41/2007 as amended by Act No. 12/2008, 112/2008, 162/2010, 28/2011, 126/2011, 44/2014, 45/2014, 92/2016, 47/201...

Health-Service-Act-No-40-2007-as-amended-2016 Health Service Act, No. 40/2007 as amended by Act No. 160/2007, No. 12/2008, No. 112/2008, No. 59/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 28/...

Updated: August 2023 Act on the Affairs of the Elderly, No. 125/1999  as amended by Act No. 172/2000, 67/2001, 124/2001, 74/2002, 93/2002, 150/2002, 120/2003, 38/2004, 123/2004, 12...

Updated: August 2023 Act on Artificial Fertilisation and use of Human Gametes and Embryos for Stem-Cell Research, No. 55/1996 as amended by Act No. 65/2006, 27/2008, 54/2008, 55/2010, 65/...

The purpose of this Act is to promote the conservation of the biosphere of Lake Thingvallavatn and the Lake’s catchment area. Act on the Conservation of Lake Thingallavatn and its Catchment Area.

Act on information and consultation in undertakings, No. 151/2006 as amended by Act No. 88/2008.  

The Municipalities' Social Services Act, No. 40/1991 as amended by Act No. 31/1994, No. 130/1995, No. 34/1997, No. 65/2006, No. 65/2010, No. 66/2010, No. 152/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011...

Updated: 26 January 2018 Housing Act, No. 44/1998  as amended by Act No. 84/1998, No. 157/1998, No. 121/1999, No. 32/2000, No. 77/2001, No. 155/2001, No. 86/2002, No. 163/2002, No. 5...

Wage Guarantee Fund Act, No. 88/2003  as amended by act No. 129/2004, No. 131/2005, No. 167/2006, No. 88/2008, No. 131/2008, No. 70/2009, No. 97/2009, No. 120/2009, No. 162/2010, No. 12...

Labour Market Measures Act, No. 55/2006 as amended by Act No. 88/2008, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 85/2015 and No. 88/2015 and No. 38/2018.

Regulation on Foreign Nationals' Right to Work, No. 339/2005

Holiday Allowance Act, No. 30/1987 as amended by Act No. 92/1991, No. 127/1993, No. 88/2003, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011 and No. 133/2011.

Prohibition on Termination of Employment due to Family Responsibilities Act, No. 27/2000.

Updated: November 2018 Act on Posted Workers and the Obligations of Foreign Service-Providers No. 45/2007 as amended by Act No. 88/2008, No. 96/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 114/2012 ...

Updated: August 2023 Tobacco Control Act, No. 6/2002 Originally Act No. 74/1984. Amended by Act No. 7/1996, 101/1996, 82/1998 and 95/2001. Reissued as Act No. 6/2002. Amended by ...

Act on payments to parents of chronically ill or severely disabled children, No. 22/2006 as amended by Act No. 158/2007, No. 65/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 85/2015 and No. 88/2...

Environmental Impact Assessment Act No. 106, 25 May 2000

Updated: November 2018 Act on Temporary-Work Agencies, No. 139/2005 as amended by Act No. 45/2007, No. 88/2008, No. 77/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 126/2011, No. 34/2013 and No. 75/2018.

Regulation on the finances and risk management of the Housing Financing Fund, No. 544/2004, as amended by Regulation No. 896/2005

Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in Workplaces, No. 46/1980  as amended by Act No. 15/1986, Act No. 61/1990, Act No. 7/1996, Act No. 52/1997, Act No. 83/1997, Act No....

Act respecting labourers'  right to advance notice of termination of employment and to wages on account of absence through illness and accidents, No. 19/1979.

Updated: November 2018 Foreign Nationals' Right to Work Act, No. 97/2002 as amended by Act No. 84/2003, No. 19/2004, No. 139/2005, No. 21/2006, No. 108/2006, No. 106/2007, No. 78/2008, ...

Updated: 26 January 2018 Child Protection Act, No. 80/2002  as amended by Act No. 62/2006, No. 88/2008, No. 52/2009, No. 162/2010, No. 80/2011, No. 85/2011, No. 126/2011, No. 138/2011 a...

Act on Working Terms and Pension Rights Insurance, No. 55/1980 as amended by Act No. 58/1985, No. 33/1987, No. 21/1991, No. 69/1993, No. 129/1997, No. 145/2004 and No. 76/2010.  

Multi-Owner Buildings Act, No. 26/1994 as amended by Act No. 136/1995, No. 127/1996, No. 135/1998, No. 83/2008, No. 66/2010, No. 77/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 40/2011 and No. 126/2011.

Rent Act, No. 36/1994 as amended by Act No. 65/2006, Act No. 66/2010, Act No. 162/2010, Act No. 77/2011, Act No. 126/2011 and No. 63/2016.

Regulation on importation by individuals of medicinal products for personal use No. 212/1998 as amended by Regulation No. 230/2001

Regulation regarding the Work of Children and Adolescents No. 426/1999

TITLE 1 General provisions CHAPTER I Purpose and term definitions Article 1 The purpose of the Act The purpose of the present Act is to ensure equal treatment of bidders on public procurement and t...

Act on Trade Unions and Industrial Disputes, No. 80/1938 as amended by Act No. 70/1954, Act No. 10/1983, Act No. 91/1991, Act No. 75/1996, Act No. 83/1997, Act No. 20/2001, Act No. 162...

Jump directly to the State Guarantee Act An introduction The State Guarantee Act replaces earlier legislation on state guarantees and considerably narrows the conditions under which such guarantees ...

Jump directly to the Government Financial Reporting Act An introduction This Act represents a review of the the government's entire system of financial budgeting and accounting. It replaces earl...