Name of the act/s*

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Epidemiegesetz 1950, das Tuberkulosegesetz und das COVID-19-Maßnahmengesetz geändert werden

Subject area

Covid-19; free movement of individuals

Brief description of the contents of the act

The Federal law creates the legal basis for the Corona «Traffic light» system permitting a regional assessment of the epidemiological situation to avoid a nationwide lockdown and for the regulations restricting movements of people due to measures against the Coronavirus. Latter rules were necessary due to a ruling by the Constitutional Court in July 2020 declaring the existing regulations inconstitutional for lack of an appropriate legal basis. The law introduces a binding consultation by the Federal Government of the Hauptausschuss of the National Council on said regulations. Furthermore, their duration can not exceed 4 weeks in the case of prohibitions of entry into a certain area and 10 days if they regard the leaving of a private living area. In general,  the duration of the COVID-19-Maßnahmengesetz is extended by one year until the end of 2021.

*Act citation /year and number

BGBl I Nr. 104/2020

Enacted by

Federation

Official link to the text of the act

https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/bgbl/I/2020/104/20200925