Legislation

Unemployment Insurance Act, No. 54/2006 as amended by Act No. 88/2008, No. 112/2008, No. 131/2008, No. 37/2009, No. 134/2009, No. 70/2010, No. 153/2010, No. 162/2010, No. 103/2011, No. 126/2011,...

The rules contained apply to quality assurance of teaching and research in higher education, as carried out through each institution’s internal reviews and through periodic external reviews by the Min...

Regulation on the processing of applications for professional licenses and specialist licenses according to the Healthcare Practitioners Act No. 34/2012, from applicants from countries with...

The Minister of Justice has issued a regulation on financial support for voluntary return in accordance with the Foreign Nationals Act. The Act is in force from the 19 June 2023.  REGULATION...

Regulation on the education, rights, and obligations of medical doctors, and criteria for granting medical licences and specialist medical licences no. 856/2023

Updated: August 2023 The Biobanks and Health Databanks Act No. 110/2000 as amended by Act No. 27/2008, 48/2009, 45/2014, 90/2018, 71/2019 and 99/2020. 

Updated: September 2024 Health Service Act, No. 40/2007 as amended by Act No. 160/2007, 12/2008, 112/2008, 59/2010, 162/2010, 126/2011, 28/2012, 106/2014, 126/2018, 91/2020, 99/2020, 44/2...

Updated: August 2023 Act on Patient Insurance, No. 111/2000 as amended by Act No. 176/2000, 160/2007, 112/2008, 162/2010, 126/2011, 85/2015, 156/2020, 15/2021 and 114/2022.

Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity No 86/2021

Parliamentary Resolution on a national security policy for Iceland No. 26/145

The Crafts and Trades Act No. 42/1978 with subsequent amendments Text as of 1 January 2023.

Updated: Sept. 2024 Act on Medical Devices No. 132 2020  

Act Amending the Act on Equal Treatment Irrespective of Race and Ethnic Origin, No 85/2018 (adding more discrimination factors)    

Act on Maternity/Paternity Leave and Parental Leave No. 144/2020 This Act applies to the entitlement of parents on the domestic labour market to maternity/paternity leave and parental leave. It applie...

Regulation on the importation by individuals of medicinal products for their own use, No. 1277/2022

Act No 82-2019 on the registration of beneficial owners 

Disclaimer: This section of the site details available translations on legislation relating to the Government Offices in Iceland. In the event of any discrepancies between the translations and the or...

Act on Auditors and Auditing no. 94/2019.

Government Employees Act, No. 70/1996  [Translation 30.08.2022] The Government Employees Act, No. 70/1996 spells out the rights and duties of government employees, such as pay days, holiday...

Elections Act, No 112/2022

Foreign Exchange Act No. 70/2001.

General Elections Act 2000 No. 24 (16 May) Took effect 19 May 2000.Amended by: Act No. 15/2003 (took effect 26 March 2003); Act No. 50/2006 (took effect 1 July 2006); Act N...

Act on the Administration of Matters Concerning Equality

Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights Irrespective of Gender

No. 19 of 6th April 1966, with subsequent amendments up to 1st August 2020. Article 1 No one may acquire the right to own or use real property in Iceland, including fishing and hunting right...

Regulation on measures against victimisation, sexual harassment, gender-based harassment and violence in workplaces, No. 1009/2015.

Updated: Sept. 2024 Medicinal Products Act no. 100/2020 as amended by Act No. 132/2020, 14/2022 and 29/2024.

Act on the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment No 74/2019

  Regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications of healthcare practitioners from other Member States of the European Economic Area or Switzerland for the pursuit of an activit...

Act No. 16/1971 on Accession of Iceland to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

Act No. 4/1978 on Accession of Iceland to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Act on the obliation of non profit organisations to register No 119-2019.

Regulation 959/2012 on Protection of Confidential Information, Security Clearances and Security Approvals in the Field of Security and Defence

This Act applies to the equal treatment of persons irrespective of their race and ethnic origin in all fields of society, with the exception of the labour market, cf. the Act on Equal Treatment in the...

Act No. 98/1992 on Immunities and Privileges of International Organizations

Regulation No. 957/2017, as amended by Regulation No. 466/2020 on the Refund of Value Added Tax and Alcohol Tax to Foreign Diplomatic Agents

Law No. 41 of 1 June 1979 concerning the Territorial Sea, the Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf as amended by Act No 58/2017 and Act No 44/2018.

This Act provides for the right of persons to define their gender and it thereby aims at guaranteeing the recognition of their gender identity. The objective of this Act is also to guard the rights of...

In case of any discrepancies between the original text in Icelandic and the translation, only the original text as published in the Official Gazette of Iceland (Stjórnartíðindi) is authentic. Ple...

In case of any discrepancies between the original text in Icelandic and the translation, only the original text as published in the Official Gazette of Iceland (Stjórnartíðindi) is authentic. Please n...

Updated: August 2023 Termination of Pregnancy Act No. 43/2019

This section of the site details available translations on legislation relating to the Government Offices in Iceland. In case of any discrepancies between the translations and the original text in Ice...

Act on of the National Flag of Icelanders and the Coat of Arms, No 34/1944 of 17 June

Foreign Service of Iceland Act, No. 39/1971

Act giving legal effect to the Defence Agreement between Iceland and the United States and on the legal status of US Forces and properties, No. 110/1951

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of health information managers and criteria for granting of licences, No. 640/2019

This Act shall apply to the equal treatment of individuals on the labour market, irrespective of their race, ethnic origin, religion, life stance, disability, reduced working capacity, age, sexual ori...

  Act on public lands  and the determination of the boundaries  of private land, public land and upland ranges, no. 58/1998, cf. Act no. 65/2000

Local Authorities Act No 138/2011.pdf

The purpose of this Act is to support the publication of books in Icelandic by providing temporary financial aid to publishers in the form of a partial reimbursement of costs incurred in the publicati...