Second Homes Ordinance (SHO) (SHO)
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Art. 1 Communes’ duties and powers
1 Each commune shall supply the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) each year with its data on residents as of 31 December by 31 January of the following year at the latest and shall update the National Register of Buildings and Dwellings (RBD) in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 1 of the Ordinance of 9 June 2017 on the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings. 2 In cantons with recognised registers of buildings and dwellings, the commune may also make its data on residents available to the canton to enable the automated identification of principal homes in the cantonal register of buildings and dwellings.
Para. 1 — SR 431.841 Para. 1 — Amended by Annex 2 No II 4 of the O of 9 June 2017 on the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, in force since 1 July 2017 (AS 2017 3459).
Art. 2 Federal duties and powers
1 With a view to ascertaining the proportion of second homes, the FSO shall record the form of use of homes in the RBD based on the data on residents in accordance with Article 1 paragraph 1. 2 Based on the commune-related data in the RBD, the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) shall ascertain for each commune by 31 March of each year whether its proportion of second homes exceeds 20 per cent or not. 3 ARE may verify ex officio the data supplied by the communes in accordance with Article 1 paragraph 1. 4 Every year it shall publish a list with the following details for each commune: total number of homes, number of principal homes, proportion of principal homes and a declaration as to whether the proportion of second homes exceeds 20 per cent or not.