Legislation

Updated: Feb. 2024 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, 65/20...

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

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

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.

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: March. 2024 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.

The Value Added Tax Act No. 50/1988 with subsequent amendments (PDF 152 KB)

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

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...

CHAPTER I General Provisions. Article 1 In this act, a public project refers to the construction, maintenance or changes in a structure paid for by the Treasury in part or in full, provided the estima...

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 ca...

Jump directly to the Pension Act An Introduction The Act on mandatory insurance of pension rights and on activities of pension funds – otherwise known as the Pension Act – was passed into law in 1997 ...

Jump directly to the Government Employees Pension Fund Act An Introduction The Government Employees Pension Fund has been in existence since early in this century. The laws governing the Fund have bee...