NEWSLETTER 08-2020: FIRST VfGH DECISIONS ON COVID-19 LEGISLATION
Since the announcement of the COVID-19 Measures Act, there have been discussions about its constitutional conformity and about the relationship of this law to the Epidemic Act 1950. In particular, the question of possible existing claims for compensation under the Epidemic Act in the event of entry bans under the COVID-19 Measures Act has been raised in recent weeks discussed intensively for months. In its three recent decisions, the Constitutional Court has – among other things – examined this question in more detail for the first time.
In three recent decisions, the Constitutional Court dealt for the first time with the COVID-19 Measures Act, the Health Minister’s regulations based on this law and their relationship to the Epidemic Act 1950 (EpiG). The Constitutional Court also commented for the first time on the question of compensation claims for entry bans based on the COVID-19 Measures Act.