official document if it refers to a case or other matter falling
within the authority’s purview, and if it is not intended for the
addressee solely in his or her capacity as holder of another
position.
Art. 5. For the purposes of this Chapter, the Riksdag and any
local government assembly with decision-making powers is
equated with a public authority.
Art. 6. A document is deemed to have been received by a
public authority when it has arrived at the authority or is in the
hands of a competent official. A recording under Article 3,
paragraph one, is instead deemed to have been received by the
authority when it has been made available to the authority by
another in the manner indicated in Article 3, paragraph two.
Competition documents, tenders and other such documents
which it has been advertised shall be delivered under sealed
cover are deemed not to have been received before the time
appointed for their opening.
Measures taken solely as part of the technical processing or
technical storage of a document which a public authority has
made available shall not be deemed to mean that the document
has been received by that authority.
Art. 7. A document is deemed to have been drawn up by a
public authority when it has been dispatched. A document
which has not been dispatched is deemed to have been drawn
up when the matter to which it relates has been finally settled
by the authority, or, if the document does not relate to a specific
matter, when it has been finally checked and approved by the
authority, or has otherwise received final form.
The provisions of paragraph one notwithstanding, a document
of the nature referred to below is deemed to have been drawn
up:
1. in the case of a day book, ledger, or a register or other
list that is kept on an ongoing basis, when the document
has been made ready for notation or entry;
2. in the case of a court ruling and other decision which
shall be pronounced or dispatched under relevant
provisions of law, or records and other documents
insofar as they relate to such a decision, when the
decision has been pronounced or dispatched; or
3. in the case of other records and comparable memoranda
held by a public authority, when the document has been
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