Dates

Concerning legislation, there are a number of dates that are important during the legislative process. All the date literals are modelled with datatype xsd:date. The following list tries to give the most important date properties according the lifetime of a legal resource.

Creation of Legislative Resources

jolux:eventStartDate

The property jolux:eventStartDate is used to indicate the start date of a legislative process (e.g. jolux:Consultation).

jolux:eventEndDate

The property jolux:eventEndDate is used to indicate the end date of a legislative process (e.g. jolux:Consultation).

Legislative Resources

jolux:dateDocument

The property jolux:dateDocument is used to indicate the decision date of an act, or the date on which the document was adopted. For bills, where there is no formal adoption date, the Document Date is used as the reference date.

jolux:publicationDate

The property jolux:publicationDate denotes the date of first publication in one of the collections. If the same document is republished, this date does not change: it is always the date of the initial publication that is decisive. On the other hand, for consolidations, several publication dates may exist: each new publication of the file generates a new date.

Hint for legal laypersons

During introduction of a new law, there are two similar but different dates relevant: the date of the entry into force and the date of the applicability of the law. These two dates can differ. It can happen that the entry into force comes before the law is applicable. This is mainly to allow for preparing the necessary changes in the affected organizations. During this period of time there could be some transitional provisions in place.

jolux:dateEntryInForce

The property jolux:dateEntryInForce denotes the date on which the law starts to have a legal effect (see above).

jolux:dateApplicability

The property jolux:dateApplicability denotes the date from which a law is applicable (see above).

Hint for legal laypersons

During cancellation of a law, there are two similar but different dates relevant: the date of the end of applicability and the date of the no longer in force. The end of applicability is the last day where the law is applicable. The no longer in force date is the first day that the law has no more a legal effect. These two dates can differ in both direction. It could be that the law is first no more applicable and no longer in force later or vice versa.

jolux:dateEndApplicability

The property jolux:dateEndApplicability denotes the last day where a law is applicable.

jolux:dateNoLongerInForce

The property jolux:dateNoLongerInForce denotes the first day on which the law has no more a legal effect.

Special Dates

jolux:legalResourceImpactHasDateEntryInForce

The property jolux:legalResourceImpactHasDateEntryInForce denotes the effective date of an jolux:LegalResourceImpact.