Entry into Force and Transitional Provisions
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Chapter 9: Entry into force and transitional provisions
Section 22. The Act enters into force on 21 June 2009.
§ 23. Act no. 577 of 29 November 1978 on Greenland's home rule is repealed, cf. however subsection 2
PCS. 2. Section 8 of the Greenland Home Rule Act remains in force until the resource area is taken over by Greenland Self-Government.
PCS. 3. Greenland's Self-Government continues to have legislative and executive power within areas of matter that have been taken over pursuant to Section 4 of the Greenland Home Rule Act.
PCS. 4. Greenland's Self-Government has the legislative and executive power within areas that have been taken over pursuant to Section 5 of the Greenland Home Rule Act.
§ 24. Act no. 577 of 24 June 2005 on the conclusion of agreements under international law by Greenland's national government is repealed.
PCS. 2. Regulations issued pursuant to the Act remain in force with the changes resulting from this Act, until they are amended or repealed by the appropriate authority.
Section 25. Section 22 of the Mineral Resources Act in Greenland (the Mineral Resources Act), cf. Executive Order No. 368 of 18 June 1998, is repealed.
Section 26. Act on companies for the management of hydrocarbon activities in Greenland, etc., cf. Legislative Decree No. 87 of 9 February 1999, is repealed.
Section 27. Act no. 502 of 6 June 2007 on subsidies to Greenland's home rule for 2008 and 2009 is repealed.
§ 28. Provisions that apply to Greenland remain in force with the changes that follow from this law, until they are changed or repealed by the appropriate authority.
§ 29. Cases which, at the time of a case area's transfer to Greenland's Self-Government, are being processed by a Danish authority, will be completed by the relevant Greenlandic authority, cf. however subsection 2.
PCS. 2. The relevant Danish authority may, in special cases and by agreement with the relevant Greenlandic authority, decide that certain specific cases must be completed by the Danish authorities.
Given at Christiansborg Castle, 12 June 2009
Under Our Royal Hand and Seal
MARGRETHE R.
/ Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Analysis
Summary
Chapter 9 of the law deals with the entry into force and transitional provisions. The law itself enters into force on June 21, 2009. Act no. 577 of 29 November 1978 on Greenland's home rule is repealed, but certain sections, such as Section 8, remain in force until Greenland assumes control over the resource area. Greenland's Self-Government retains legislative and executive power within areas taken over according to the Greenland Home Rule Act. Act no. 577 of 24 June 2005 on agreements under international law by Greenland's national government is repealed, while regulations issued under that act remain in force until amended or repealed. Other acts, such as the Mineral Resources Act and the Act on companies for hydrocarbon activities, are also repealed. Provisions that apply to Greenland remain in force with changes resulting from this law. Cases being processed by Danish authorities at the time of transfer to Greenland's Self-Government will be completed by relevant Greenlandic authorities, but in certain cases, Danish authorities may still oversee completion. The law was given at Christiansborg Castle on June 12, 2009, under the seal of Queen Margrethe R., and Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
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