Central offices

CENTRAL OFFICES

1.The following are central Offices:

  1. Legal Office;
  2. Personnel Office

2.The internal organization and function of the Central Offices are bound by Regulations.

(Article 8 of the Law on the Governance of Vatican City State No. CCLXXIV of 25 November 2018).

 

LEGAL OFFICE

1.The Legal Office, as the State’s professional body of lawyers, assists in the Governorate’s legal matters and represents and supports the judgment of the State; protects intellectual works in accordance with international obligations, mentioned in Article 1, paragraph 4 of Law No. LXXI on Sources of Law.

2. The Office develops the legal projects assigned to it and expresses opinions on administrative issues, negotiations and contracts.

In particular, the Office manages:

  1. Civil Status, Registry Office and its functions;
  2. the following Registers: Vatican Register of Civil Legal Persons, Vatican Register of Canonical Persons, Register of Volunteer Organizations, Register of Non-government Bodies, Register of Vatican Vehicles, Naval Register, Register of Artistic and Literary Property and Register of Industrial Property;
  3. Archives and Register of public and private deeds;
  4. organizes documents and performs functions to comply with International Conventions of which the State is a member;
  5. carries out the State’s notarial functions and assists the activities of Notaries;
  6. manages insurance contracts

4.The organization and management of the Register of Suppliers and checks to the supplies requested are entrusted to the Legal Office.

(Article 17 of the Law on the Governance of Vatican City State No. CCLXXIV of 25 November 2018).

 

PESONNEL OFFICE

1.The Personnel Office supports Government Bodies in the management of the personnel of the Governorate, provides advice as requested and makes proposals.

2.In particular the Office:

  1. manages the archives and the records of personnel, updates individual files, processes salaries, welfare and pensions and manages calculation procedures and payments;
  2. supervises the correct implementation of the General Regulations for Personnel of the Governorate of Vatican City State and rules on labour relations;
  3. manages the documentation and administrative office of the Personnel Commission;
  4. assists Government Bodies in the selection of personnel and functionally assists the Commission in the selection of lay personnel;
  5. for the purposes of authorizations from the Bodies of Government, it verifies the need and appropriateness of the recourse to external labour; monitors the regularity of the employment relationships of employees of foreign companies operating in the State;
  6. At the request of Government Bodies, it promotes and plans programs to train and update the skills of personnel.

(Article 17 of the Law on the Governance of Vatican City State No. CCLXXIV of 25 November 2018).
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