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Procedures for Consultations between State Authorities and The Sami Parliament [Norway] - regjeringen.no
The consultation procedures apply to the Government and its ministries,
directorates and other subordinate State agencies or activities.
The consultation procedures apply in matters that may a ect Sami interests
directly. The substantive scope of consultations may include various issues, such as
legislation, regulations, speci c or individual administrative decisions, guidelines,
measures and decisions (e.g. in governmental reports to the Norwegian Parliament,
the Storting).
The obligation to consult the Sami Parliament may include all material and
immaterial forms of Sami culture, including music, theatre, literature, art, media,
language, religion, cultural heritage, immaterial property rights and traditional
knowledge, place names, health and social welfare, day care facilities for children,
education, research, land ownership rights and rights to use lands, matters
concerning land administration and competing land utilization, business
development, reindeer husbandry, sheries, agriculture, mineral exploration and
extraction activities, wind power, hydroelectric power, sustainable development,
preservation of cultural heritage, biodiversity and nature conservation.
In matters concerning the material basis for the Sami culture, including land
administration, competing land utilization, and land rights, the obligation to consult
the Sami Parliament is applicable to traditional Sami areas; this includes the
counties of Finnmark, Troms, Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag, and the municipalities
of Osen, Roan, Åfjord, Bjugn, Rissa, Selbu, Meldal, Rennebu, Oppdal, Midtre Gauldal,
Tydal, Holtålen and Røros in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, and Engerdal and
Rendalen, Os, Tolga, Tynset and Folldal municipalities in Hedmark county, and
Surnadal and Rindal municipalities in the county of Møre- og Romsdal.
Matters which are of a general nature, and are assumed to a ect the society as a
whole shall in principle not be subject to consultations.
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3. Information
State authorities shall fully inform the Sami Parliament about all matters that may
directly a ect the Sami, as well as about all relevant concerns and queries at all
stages of the process.
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4. Public disclosure
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