Section 17 1. This Act shall enter into force on l January 1987. 2. Act No 280 of 10 June 1970 on access to public administrative documents shall be repealed. 3. This Act shall not apply to documents drafted or received by an administrative authority before l January 1971. However, factual information contained in such documents shall be subject to the right of access to documents under this Act if the documents have been included in a case that has been or is being considered by an administrative authority after that date and if the information is or has been of material importance in deciding the case. Section 8(4) shall apply to documents used after this Act enters into force. Section 9 shall apply to hospital records set up after this Act enters into force and for additions to existing records made after the entry into force. Access to public documents in accordance with Section 1(2) shall not apply to documents drafted or received by the companies, institutions, associations, etc. mentioned in the provision prior to the entry into force of this Act. 4. Provisions in other laws on access to documents held by public administrative authorities shall be retained, irrespective of whether they give more limited access to documents than that provided under this Act. Section 18 This Act shall not apply to cases relating to matters in the Faeroes or Greenland but may be applied to such cases by Royal Decree with the derogations required by the special circumstances in the Faeroes and Greenland. However, this shall apply only to cases that are or have been considered by National Government Authorities. Given at Amalienborg Palace, 19 December 1985 Under Our Royal Hand and Seal, MARGRETHE R. /Erik Ninn-Hansen