Competencies of Regional Self Government

List of the most important legislative Acts regulating competencies of the Banská Bystrica self-governing region

A) Act No 302/2001 on self-government of higher territorial units (Act on self-government of regions - SGR)
This Act regulates position of the self-governing region. SGR is ex lege a corporation. It is possible to change the area and the seat of the Region only by law. Authorities of SGR are the Regional representative body – regional parliament and the President of the Region. Obligations and limitations regarding territorial self-government can be imposed only by law or international agreements.

B) Act no 416 / 2001 on conversion of some competences from authorities of the state administration to communes and higher territorial units (so called Small Competence Act).
This Act regulates the process of conversion of competences originally executed by state authorities, to authorities of self-governing Communes, Town and Regions. Self-governing region realizes execution of public administration through its original (by the Act established) competences or as a transferred execution of the state administration.

Conversion of competences on self-governing regions

Conversion of competences on self-governing regions concerns these areas:

a) ground communications
b) rails
c) road transport
d) civil defense
e) social help
f) territorial planning
g) education

1. creation and abrogation of schools and school institutions (secondary schools, schools, centers of training education, interest-educational institutions except language schools founded by primary schools, primary art schools, boarding houses, institutions providing school catering, training education, centers of school services, camps in nature),
2. appointment and designation of school directors,
3. administration of schools and school institutions created by it and providing necessary equipment to realize educational processes,
4. control of school management with financial resources and equipment given to them by region and control of effectiveness of school management with estate of self-governing region in administration of schools and school institutions,
5. allocation of financial resources to private secondary schools, religious secondary schools and control of management with these financial resources,
6. provision of school catering and accommodation for pupils and students in schools and school institutions,
7. realization of administration in appellate degree concerning matters of schools and school institutions founded by region,
8. identification of a school or school institution, that would replace the abrogated one,
9. processing and providing of information in the area of education in its competency,
10. approval of agreements concerning rental of school buildings and relevant places, that are founded by it,

h) sport
i) theatre
j) museums and galleries
k) enlightenment activities
l) libraries
m) health service
n) human pharmacy
o) regional development
p) travel and tourism

C) Act No 446 / 2001 on property of higher territorial units
Conversion of property of Slovak republic to regional self-governing authorities took place concurrently with conversion of competencies to self-government regions. SGRs exploit these resources while exercising their competences.
This Act regulates management with the property held in possession of territorial unit. It also stipulates which parts of the state property are conversed to the possession of higher territorial unit.