Order No 45 / 2022 Coll.

Government

In order to ensure the continuity of the provision of insecurity social benefits and the certification of a person with disabilities of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic and of 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 the Amendment of Related Acts, as amended, and Act No. 588 / 2020 Coll., on Replacement Nutritional for Uninsured Child and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts (Act on Replacement Maintenance), 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, payment of the benefit and the amount thereof are undisputed, the first act of the procedure may be to give judgment 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; if, at the time of the declared emergency, the possibility of making the submission in the manner referred to in the second administrative sentence of Paragraph 37 (4) of the Second Administrative Regulation has been used for the submission of an application for a dose or certificate of a disabled person at the time of the declared emergency condition, the obligation to confirm or supplement the submission shall not apply within five days, provided that 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. in the case of applications for recurring aid benefits in a material emergency, the local jurisdiction of the Regional Branch of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic shall be governed by the place where the applicant is staying; Paragraph 67 (1) and (2) of Act No. 111 / 2006 Coll., on aid in material distress, as amended, does not apply.

They shall:

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Labour and Social Affairs,

Director General of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic