Scope of Activities of the Municipality

The standing and authority of the Municipal Authority of Ústí nad Labem (hereafter simply referred to as the MAÚ) is regulated by the provisions of section 109 et seq. of the Municipalities Act and furthermore by the Statute of the City of Ústí nad Labem – generally binding ordinance of the Statutory City of Ústí nad Labem no. 80/2002, Act no. 314/2002 Coll. on the designation of a municipality entrusted with a municipal office and the designation of a municipality with extended jurisdiction, including Annexes no. 1 and 2 to this Act, Act no. 320/2002 Coll. on the changes and repeal of some Acts in association with the conclusion of the activities of the District Authorities, as amended, and other legal regulations.

The MAÚ is a body of the Statutory City of Ústí nad Labem which has been established on the basis of the Municipalities Act. The organisational structure of the MAÚ and the number of employees at the Municipal Authority of the Statutory City of Ústí nad Labem is approved by the Municipal Board. The Board also defines the division of the jurisdictions at the MAÚ.

The MAÚ performs the following tasks:

a) tasks which fall within the area of its independent authority which have been assigned to it by the Municipal Council of the City of Ústí nad Labem (hereafter simply referred to as the MC) or by the Municipal Board and any tasks imposed upon it by the Municipalities Act and any other legal regulations

b) tasks which fall under the area of delegated authority in the matters which are designated by any special Acts or in such matters which are assigned by law to authorised municipal offices and to the municipal offices of municipalities with extended jurisdiction