Spanish Legislation: Constitutional, Administrative, and Regional Laws

Posted on Jan 25, 2025 in International Relations

Key Spanish Legislation

Constitutional and Organic Laws

  • LO (Organic Law) 2/79, October 3: Constitutional Court.
  • LO 3/81, April 6: Ombudsman.
  • Modification of LO 2/92, March 5.
  • LO 4/81, June 1: States of Alarm, Exception, and Siege.
  • LO 5/85, June 19: General Electoral Regime. Incompatibilities of Deputies and Senators, Constitutional Court members, senior administration officials (except government members), Ombudsman, Magistrates, Judges, Prosecutors, and active military personnel.
  • LO 6/85, July 1: Judiciary.
  • LO 5/95, May 22: Jury Court.
  • LO 10/95, December 23: Criminal Code.
  • LO 11/95, November 21: Abolition of Military Service in Wartime.
  • LO 5/00, January 12: Regulation of Criminal Responsibility of Minors.
  • LO 1/04, December 28: Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence.

General Laws

  • Law 6/84, May 24: Regulating the Habeas Corpus Procedure.
  • Law 7/85, April 2: Regulating the Bases of Local Regime (LRBRL).
  • Law 2/86, March 13: State Security Forces and Corps (Article 54).
  • Law 3/88, December 28: Demarcation and Planning.
  • Law 1/96, January 10: Free Legal Assistance.
  • Law 6/97, April 14: Organization and Functioning of the General State Administration.
  • Law 50/97, November 27: National Government.

Royal Decrees

Royal Decrees regulate states of alarm and exception.

Royal Decree (with the rank of law, issued by the government, approved by the King in the Council of Ministers. It does not regulate matters reserved for Law, the appointment of Ministers, members of the CGPJ, Magistrates of the Supreme Court, President of the CGPJ, National Prosecutor, or the creation of delegation commissions).

  • Royal Decree 438/08, April 14: Replaced the Government Delegation for Violence against Women.

Canary Islands Legislation

  • Law, July 19: Canary Islands Regime.
  • LO 10/82, August 10: Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands (Articles 65, Title 11, and Title 8).
  • Modification of LO 27/02, July 1.
  • LOTRACA (LO on Complementary Transfers to the Canary Islands).
  • Law 7/85, April 2: Regulating the Bases of Local Regime.
  • LO 2/86, March 13: Security Forces and Corps.
  • Law 16/85, June 25: Spanish Historical Heritage.
  • Law 2/87, March 30: Canary Islands Public Function.
  • Law 3/90, February 22: Documentary Heritage and Archives of the Canary Islands.
  • Law 14/90, July 26 (modifying Law 8/86, November 18): Legal Regime of Public Administrations of the Canary Islands.
  • Law 6/97, July 4: Coordination of Local Police Forces of the Canary Islands (basic criteria and coordination actions, applicable to all police forces in Canary Islands municipalities).
  • Law 4/99, March 15: Historical Heritage of the Canary Islands, modified by Law 11/02, November 21.
  • Law 7/01, July 31: Communist Deputies (Title 4, BOE 103, August 8, 2001).
  • Law 9/07, April 13: Canary Islands Security System and Emergencies (Title 13), modifying Law 6/97, July 4, on Coordination of Local Police Forces of the Canary Islands (Title 14).
  • Law 2/08, May 28: Canary Islands Police Corps (Article 70, Title 15).

Canary Islands Decrees

  • Decree 172/98, October 8: Regulates the Canary Islands Security Academy (professional training).
  • Decree 75/03, May 12: Determines the number of members of Local Police Forces.
  • Decree 111/04: Regulation of the Procedure for the Declaration of Assets of Cultural Interest.
  • Decree 178/06, December 5: Establishes basic conditions for access, promotion, and mobility of members of Local Police Forces.

Historical and Cultural Regulations

  • Royal Decree 9/78, August 10: Trade liberalization with America.
  • Regulation of the Royal Decree on trade with America, 1718.
  • Law 16/85, June 25: Spanish Historical Heritage.
  • Law 3/90, February 22: Documentary Heritage and Archives of the Canary Islands.
  • Law 4/99, March 15: Historical Heritage of the Canary Islands (Article 104), modified by Law 11/02, November 21.
  • Decree 111/04: Regulation of the Procedure for the Declaration of Assets of Cultural Interest.

Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands

  • Port Franks: Royal Decree 1852.
  • Law 30/1972, July 22: Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands (REF).
  • Law 19/94: Modification of the Economic and Fiscal Regime of the Canary Islands.