Legislation | Prime Minister´s Office 1 of 10 http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/acts-of-law//nr/15 No. 50/1996 with subsequent amendments (through September 2007) Scope of the Act Article 1 Scope This Act applies to State and municipal administration. Furthermore, the Act applies to the activities of private parties insofar as they have been assigned official power to take decisions regarding individual rights or obligations. Article 2 Scope in relation to other statutes and international agreements This Act does not apply to registrations, enforcement proceedings, the arrest of property, attachments, injunctions, sales in execution, payment moratoria, compositions, liquidations, probate or other official divisions, or to investigations and prosecutions in criminal cases. The Act does not cover access to information under the Administrative Procedures Act. Nor does the Act cover access to information under the Act on the Protection of Privacy as Regards the Processing of Personal Data, unless access is requested to documents or other material covered by the second paragraph of Art. 3 of the present Act. In addition, the present Act shall not apply where international agreements to which Iceland is a party dictate otherwise. Provisions which in any other statute authorise more extensive access to information shall retain their force. General statutory provisions on confidentiality shall not restrict access to material according to this Act. 23/06/2010 12:39 PM