U.off. Offvl.

English translation: Exempted from Public Access - Freedom of Information Act

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Norwegian term or phrase:U.off. Offvl.
English translation:Exempted from Public Access - Freedom of Information Act
Entered by: Helen Johnson

10:45 Jan 24, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
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Norwegian term or phrase: U.off. Offvl.
As usual, I'm hopeless at abbreviations. What does this stand for, please?
No context (that I can see at the moment) apart from it's at the top of a table of details concerning a case with Skatteetaten.
TIA.
Helen Johnson
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Exempted from Public Access - Freedom of Information Act
Explanation:
"U. off" seems to stand for "unntatt offentlighet" (see URL below, also try googling "unntatt offentlighet" and "exempted from public access". "Offvl." is apparently "Offentlighetsloven" (Freedom of Information Act) as Carole says.
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4 +2Exempted from Public Access - Freedom of Information Act
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Freedom of Information Act


Explanation:
Offvl. = Lov om offentlighet i forvaltningen - Act relating to public access to documents in the public administration [Freedom of Information Act]
Not sure about the "U.off." bit though...


    Reference: http://www.ub.uio.no/cgi-bin/ujur/ulov/sok.cgi
Carole Hognestad
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Exempted from Public Access - Freedom of Information Act


Explanation:
"U. off" seems to stand for "unntatt offentlighet" (see URL below, also try googling "unntatt offentlighet" and "exempted from public access". "Offvl." is apparently "Offentlighetsloven" (Freedom of Information Act) as Carole says.


    Reference: http://www.helsenr.no/NR/rdonlyres/eocydcustk2noznxhnoxjqn3p...
Don Spade (X)
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