Swedish Code of Statutes

SFS 1997:30
Published in Swedish
on February 4, 1997

Ordinance
on overview of government agencies'
information systems in preparation for the
year 2000;

issued on January 16, 1997.

     The Government prescribes the
following.

Section 1 This Ordinance applies to agencies
under the Government.

Section  2 The agencies shall analyse  which
technical   adjustments  are   required   in
preparation  for  the  year  2000   in   the
information  systems that are of substantial
importance  to their own or other  agencies'
activities.
 Each   agency  that  exercises  supervision
shall also give an account of its assessment
of  the  work of adjustment within  its  own
sphere of supervision.
 Each  agency  immediately  subject  to  the
Government shall be responsible for carrying
out   an  overall  analysis  of  subordinate
agencies.

Section  3 In conjunction with its analysis,
each  agency  shall draw up a plan  for  the
requisite adjustment.

Section  4  The  agencies  shall  report  to
Statskontoret   (the  Swedish   Agency   for
Administrative Development)  in  writing  by
May  31,  1997 at the latest, on the results
of their analyses and the adjustment carried
out or planned on account of their analyses.

Section  5  Statskontoret shall  assist  the
agencies' work of analysis and adjustment by
providing    guidance   and   methodological
support.
 Statskontoret   shall   submit    to    the
Government  an  overall  assessment  of  the
adjustment work by September 15, 1997 at the
latest, and thereafter issue biannual follow-
up   reports.   Statskontoret  may   request
additional  analyses  and  plans  from   the
agencies as documentation for their  follow-
up work.

 This   Ordinance  enters  into   force   on
February 15, 1997 and applies until the  end
of 1999.

On behalf of the Government,

ERIC �SBRINK
                      Nils Dexe
                      (Ministry of Finance)


Comments on SFS 1997:30
It is interesting to note the similarities
between this ordinance and David Atkinson's
private members bill - Companies (Millenium
Computer Compliance) Bill.
Like the bill, this ordinance neatly avoids
the difficult problems of defining
compliance and prescribing sanctions.
The ordinance has a beautiful simplicity and
yet I believe it will be highly effective. I
recommend that legislators in other
countries examine this ordinance.

Dr Douglas C Morrison
Managing Director, Y2Ki Ltd
7 March, 1997

Y2Ki Ltd
PO Box 2000
Horsham
W Sussex
RH12 5LZ
UK

email: dmorrison@jks.co.uk
http://www.jks.co.uk/y2ki