Legislation

The activities of the official translator are regulated by:

• Act No. 382/2004 Coll. on Experts, Interpreters and Translators and on Amendment and Additions to Certain Acts, as amended, and
• Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 228/2018 Coll., implementing Act No. 382/2004 Coll. on Experts, Interpreters and Translators and on Amendment and Additions to Certain Acts, as amended.

The method of determining and the amount of remuneration, reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses and compensation for loss of time for translation activities performed by an official translator is regulated by:

• Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 491/2004 Coll. on the remuneration, reimbursement of expenses and compensation for loss of time for experts, interpreters and translators, as amended.