The AOSH operates in accordance with the Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in Workplaces, which took effect on January 1st 1981, as well as the rules and regulations that have been issued on the basis thereof. The rules and reglulations are only available in Icelandic.

A translation of the Act is available at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.

• Law No. 40/2020 on Protection of Whistleblowers

• Act no. 90/2018 on Personal Data Protection and the Treatment of Personal Data

• Law No. 120/2016 on Public Procurement

• Law No. 61/2013 Chemicals

• Law No. 140/2012 Information Act

• Law No. 26/2010 on Recognition of professional qualifications for employment in Iceland

• Law No. 85/2007 on Restaurants, Accommodation and Entertainment

• Law No. 6/2002 on Tobacco Control

• Law No. 27/1999 on Official Supervisory Rules

• Law No. 16/1998 Weapons Act

• Law No. 7/1998 on hygiene and pollution prevention

• Law No. 134/1995 on Product Safety and Public Market Surveillance

• Law No. 37/1993 Administrative Law