Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor is head of the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery, just as the Fed­er­al Coun­cil­lors are each head of a de­part­ment.

² The Vice-Chan­cel­lors dep­u­tise for the Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor.

³ Un­less sub­ject to spe­cif­ic ar­range­ments by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the or­gan­isa­tion and man­age­ment of the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery are gov­erned by the pro­vi­sions that ap­ply to the en­tire Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion, with the ex­cep­tion of the sec­tion on gen­er­al sec­ret­ari­ats.