Act No. 381 / 2015 Coll.
Law on a single pension allowance
Valid
Law
Effective from 28.12.2015
Text versions:
28.12.2015
381
THE LAW
of 10 December 2015
on a one-off pension allowance
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
A single pension allowance (hereinafter referred to as "the allowance ') shall be granted by the State to pension beneficiaries as financial assistance.
(1) The entitlement to the allowance is granted to a natural person who is entitled to a pension (part of the pension) from Czech pension insurance for at least part of the relevant month, provided that the pension has been awarded from a date that falls before 2016; the relevant month means the second calendar month after the calendar month in which the law became effective. If the pensioner is entitled to more than one pension in a given month, the allowance shall only be granted once.
(2) The amount of the allowance is CZK 1,200.
(1) The allowance shall be paid without application in the month in question or, as the case may be, at the earliest date of payment of the pension if the pension is not paid in the month in question. If entitlement to a pension has expired in the month in question before the date on which the pension is paid, the allowance shall be paid on the basis of a written request authorised within 60 days of the date of receipt of the application.
(2) The allowance shall be paid by the social security authority responsible for the payment of the pension in the month in question.
(3) The allowance shall be paid in the same way as the pension is paid in the month in question or, where appropriate, the pension paid within the following time limit. In the case referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1, the allowance shall be paid in cash or on account as requested by the creditor; where the authorised method of payment is not indicated in its application, the cash allowance shall be paid.
(4) A written decision on entitlement to the allowance shall be taken by the social security authority only if the beneficiary of the pension or the beneficiary referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1 so requests in writing. If the application for a contribution has been rejected, a written decision shall always be taken. Only the pensioner or beneficiary referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1 may apply for the grant. The procedure for the application for a contribution shall be treated in a similar manner to that of the proceedings relating to pension insurance, including the submission of objections to the decision of the social security authority, unless otherwise provided.
(5) The entitlement to the allowance shall cease if the application for the allowance or the pension application to which the allowance would be due is not submitted by 31 December 2016 at the latest.
(6) The entitlement to the allowance does not go to other persons.
(7) If the allowance has been paid unjustly, the social security body which paid the allowance shall be entitled to reimbursement of the amount wrongly paid. The recovery of the wrongly paid contribution shall be treated in a similar manner to the recovery of the wrongly paid pension.
(1) Where income is determined for the purposes of other legislation, no allowance shall be taken into account.
(2) The contribution cannot be affected by the execution of the decision.
(3) The costs of the payment of the contribution, including those relating to its payment, are borne by the State budget.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Hamlet v. r.
Zeman v. r.
Sobotka v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 381 / 2015 Coll., on a single pension allowance |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 28.12.2015 |
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| Effective from | 28.12.2015 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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