Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ Fed­er­al mil­it­ary build­ings and in­stall­a­tions may be used without can­ton­al or com­mun­al au­thor­isa­tion to ac­com­mod­ate asylum seekers for a max­im­um of three years provided the change in use does not re­quire sub­stan­tial struc­tur­al meas­ures and there is no sig­ni­fic­ant change in the oc­cu­pancy of the in­stall­a­tion or build­ing.

² The fol­low­ing in par­tic­u­lar do not con­sti­tute sub­stan­tial struc­tur­al meas­ures with­in the mean­ing of para­graph 1:

a.

nor­mal main­ten­ance work on build­ings and in­stall­a­tions;

b.

minor struc­tur­al al­ter­a­tions;

c.

the in­stall­a­tion of equip­ment of sec­ond­ary im­port­ance such as san­it­ary fa­cil­it­ies or wa­ter and elec­tri­city con­nec­tions;

d.

mov­able struc­tures.

³ The same build­ings or in­stall­a­tions in terms of para­graph 1 may only be used again after a peri­od of two years has elapsed, un­less the can­ton and the com­mune con­cerned agree to dis­pense with this peri­od; the ex­cep­tions in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 55 are re­served.

⁴ After con­sult­ing the can­ton and com­mune con­cerned, the Con­fed­er­a­tion shall give no­tice to them of any change in use at the latest 60 days be­fore the ac­com­mod­a­tion comes in­to op­er­a­tion.