Section 1: Organisation of official bodies
< Art. 6 IV. Assay Offices / 1. Organisation / a. Establishment / aa. Federal Assay Offices
> Art. 8 IV. Assay Offices / 1. Organisation / b. Staff of Assay Offices
Art. 7
bb. Cantonal Assay Offices
1 Cantonal Assay Offices are those established by a canton or by the communes or business associations authorised by a canton to do so. Where a canton authorises a commune or a business association to establish an Assay Office, it has the duty to supervise the general management thereof. The Central Office is solely authorised to supervise the technical activities of the Assay Office and to issue technical directives concerning implementation of the Act and its Ordinances.
2 Prior to the establishment of an Assay Office, a draft of the Office’s organisational by-laws must be presented to the Federal Department of Finance by way of the cantonal government. If the Assay Office is not established by the canton itself, details must be given on the procurement of the working capital required. The canton shall appoint a supervisory board for each Assay Office. A representative of the Central Office must sit on each supervisory board.
3 The Assay Office may not commence operations until its establishment has been approved by the Federal Department of Finance.
4 The set-up and operating expenses of cantonal Assay Offices are borne by the establishing canton, communes or associations. The canton shall be liable for any deficit in operating expenses that may occur if the commune or association that set up the Assay Office is not in a position to cover it.
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