The Storting approves the main principles for the regulation of immigration.This Act shall be implemented by the King, the Ministry, the Immigration Appeals Board, the Directorate of Immigration, the police and other public authorities. Unless explicitly provided in the Act, the King shall by regulation decide which tasks and what powers the various public bodies are to have under the Act.Where the chief of police is assigned authority under this Act, the King may issue regulations providing that other police service executives shall also have such authority.Where authority under this Act is assigned to the chief of police or the person authorised by the chief of police, the person authorised by the chief of police must be a lawyer.
