Resolution No 439 / 2021 of the GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Government

In order to ensure the continuity of the provision of insecurity social benefits and the certification of the disabled person of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to proceed for the duration of the emergency procedure under Act No. 117 / 1995 Coll., on State Social Support, as amended, Act No. 111 / 2006 Coll., on Assistance in Material Needs, as amended, Act No. 108 / 2006 Coll., on Social Services, as amended, Act No. 329 / 2011 Coll., on the Provision of Benefits to Persons with Disabilities and on Changes to Related Acts, as amended, Act No. 359 / 1999 Coll., on Social Protection of Children, as amended, and Act No. 588 / 2020 Coll., on Replacement for Uninsured Child and on Certain Related Laws, as follows:

1. In proceedings initiated ex officio may constitute the first act in the procedure for the adoption of a decision in the matter; in cases for which the law provides that a decision is not to be given, the first act in the proceedings may be to issue a written notification which is not delivered in its own hands;

2. in proceedings initiated at the request where the conditions for entitlement to the benefit and payment and the amount thereof are undisputed, the first act in the proceedings may be the decision in the matter; in cases for which the law provides that a decision is not to be taken, the first act may be to issue a written notification which is not delivered in its own hands;

3. the application for a benefit and the identification of a disabled person may also be submitted electronically on the form prescribed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, without the guaranteed electronic signature, or scanned or photographed with a handwritten signature, with scanned or photographed annexes to the relevant facts; where the possibility of making a submission as referred to in the second administrative sentence of Paragraph 37 (4) of the second administrative order has been exercised for the submission of an application for a benefit or for the identification of a disabled person at the time of the declared emergency condition, the obligation to confirm the submission shall not apply within five days, or to supplement it in the manner laid down in the first administrative order, if the Office does not invite the work of the Czech Republic to such confirmation or addition; for further submissions containing the facts relevant to the claim, amount or payment of the benefit, the preceding sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis;

4. the presumption of the duration of the child's insecurity shall be established for the child's allowance and the child's allowance for the child's needs, if not found otherwise, and the child's allowance for the child's needs shall be maintained to the recipient unless the beneficiary requests a change of payment; for the purpose of contributing to the reimbursement of the needs of the child, the local jurisdiction of the Regional Branch of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic may be maintained according to the place of permanent residence of the person who until the age of the beneficiary was reached by the person caring for him,

5. the local jurisdiction of the Regional Branch of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic shall be governed by the place where the applicant resides on requests for recurring benefits of assistance in material distress; Paragraph 67 (1) and (2) of Act No. 111 / 2006 Coll., on aid in material distress, as amended, does not apply.

They shall:

Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,

Director General of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic