The New Act On E-Government

On 1 November 2013, the new Slovak act on the electronic performance of powers of public authorities – the Act on e-Government ¹ ("Act") – will come into force. As the general legislation for the entire public administration, judiciary included, the Act brings new ways of exercising public authority electronically and introduces electronic delivery, guaranteed conversion of documents, and electronic payment of all administrative and court fees. Nevertheless, these fundamental changes will be implemented gradually

Guiding principles

The guiding principle of the new Act is the obligation of public authorities to exercise public power electronically. Other institutions and persons have the option, but not the obligation, to communicate with public authorities electronically. In mutual communication, the Act applies a principle that is also applied in the Czech Republic: the public authority is prohibited from requiring data and facts that are known to this public