Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate re­spons­ib­il­ity for en­act­ing leg­al rules to the de­part­ments. In do­ing so, it takes ac­count of the sig­ni­fic­ance of the leg­al rules.

² Del­eg­at­ing law­mak­ing to groups and of­fices is only per­mit­ted if au­thor­ised by a fed­er­al act or a gen­er­al bind­ing fed­er­al de­cree.