Act No. 483 / 2004 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 122 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Collections of Museums and on the Amendment of Certain Other Acts, as amended by Act No. 186 / 2004 Coll.
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THE LAW
of 29 July 2004
amending Act No. 122 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Collections of Museums and on the Amendment of Certain Other Acts, as amended by Act No. 186 / 2004 Coll.
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Act No. 122 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Collections of Museums and on the Amendment of Certain Other Acts, as amended by Act No. 186 / 2004 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, the words "public services, selected public services and standardised public services provided to museums and galleries and the conditions for their provision shall be inserted after the words" obligations of museum owners'. "
2. In Article 2, paragraphs 3 to 8, including footnote 1, are added:
"(3) The museum is an institution that acquires and collects natural and human creation for scientific and study purposes, examines the environment from which nature and human creation are obtained, creates collections from selected natural and human creation, which are permanently stored, recorded and processed, in a manner that guarantees equal access to all, without distinction, the use and making available of selected public services, the purpose of which is not generally to achieve profit. The gallery is a museum specialized in art collections.
(4) The public services provided by the museum or gallery are those which serve to satisfy the cultural, educational, educational and information needs of the public (hereinafter referred to as the "public service '). Public services are partly or wholly financed by public budgets.
(5) The selected public services shall be the public services referred to in paragraph 4, consisting of the making available and use of collections or individual collection items and the knowledge of nature and the history of nature obtained from them through museum exhibitions, museum programmes, museum publications and the provision of information on nature or society obtained from the study of natural or human creation, collections and collection items or the environment from which collection items are obtained.
(6) The standard public services shall be the selected public services referred to in paragraph 5 for which standards are laid down by this law to the extent and structure guaranteeing their territorial, temporal, economic and physical availability.
(7) Providers of standardised public services are museums and galleries which manage collections entered in the central collection records (hereinafter referred to as "central records'), the owner of which is the Czech Republic or the local self-governing body (hereinafter referred to as" the provider '). The network of providers shall be published by the Ministry of Culture (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry') in the information system with a remote direction.1).
(8) Guarantees for the provision of standardised public services are providers' agents or those who perform the function of the provider (hereinafter referred to as "the guarantee") vis-à-vis the provider.
1) Paragraph 2 (o) of Act No. 365 / 2000 Coll., on Information Systems of Public Administration and on the amendment of certain other laws. '.
Footnotes 1) and 2) shall be renumbered footnotes 2) and 4), including the footnotes.
3. The heading of Section 3 reads "Central registration."
4. Paragraph 3 (1) reads as follows:
"(1) The Ministry shall keep a central register. ';
5. In Article 9 (1) (f), the words "public display of their appearance or function 'shall be inserted after the word" display' and the words "or public display of their appearance or function, as appropriate 'shall be inserted after the word" display'.
6. Paragraph 10 (6) is deleted.
7. the following Sections 10a and 10b are inserted after Section 10, including the title and footnote 3:
"Standards
(1) The standard of territorial availability is the network of providers, published by the Ministry in accordance with § 2 (7).
(2) The standard of time availability is the provision of standardised public services by the provider to the following extent and structure:
(a) making available the collection administered by the provider or the selected collection items of the collection or collection items lent from other domestic or foreign museums or galleries, through museum exhibitions, with a fixed visiting time in each calendar year;
(b) the annual organisation of museum programmes, drawn from collection items from collections administered by the provider, or from collection items borrowed, or from knowledge of nature or history, obtained by examining collection items or similar objects, or by research into the environment from which such items are obtained, to the general public, including specific groups of visitors, such as children and youth, disabled persons, seniors, national minorities,
(c) the annual processing of information on the activity of the provider in the annual report published through the press or in the information system with a remote direction1), and the annual processing of reports or information on museum programmes or museum publications on knowledge of nature or history obtained by examining collection items or objects similar to or research into the environment from which the collection items are obtained;
(d) ensuring the continuous provision of information on the collection that the provider manages, on prepared exposures, exhibitions, museum programmes, own editorial activities, nature or history of the territory in which the provider operates, or information on other providers;
(e) the processing of expert opinions, expertise, opinions and treatise in the fields of its competence, using the collection managed by the provider, the knowledge of the nature or history of the territory in which it operates, and the knowledge of the research of the environment from which it receives collection items, on request and in return.
(3) The standard of economic availability is the provision of discounted, group or free admission fees for children under the age of 6, primary school pupils, secondary and university students, seniors and for groups of pupils or students of at least 5 persons, including pedagogical escorts, and for persons and groups of disabled persons.
(4) The standard of physical availability is removal, if the construction nature of the property concerned permits it or is not excluded for other serious reasons, of architectural and other barriers preventing persons with reduced mobility from using standardised public services.
(5) The provision of standardised public services according to the established standards may be restricted or suspended only temporarily and for a period strictly necessary to:
(a) during the reconstruction or necessary maintenance of the building of the provider in which the services are provided, where visitors cannot be allowed to enter;
(b) when preparing the installation of a new exposure or its necessary modification;
(c) where the provider of long-term work is necessary to save the collection he manages,
(d) where the provider moves to other premises; or
(e) in natural events and in other similar exceptional cases, following the prior approval of the guarantor.
(6) The provision of standardised public services pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 and the restriction or suspension of the provision of standardised public services pursuant to paragraph 5, including their manner and scope, shall be publicly notified by the provider. A notice shall be deemed to be a public notification by means of a press or in an information system with a remote direction1) or a message on the provider's building.
(1) Guarantees are required
(a) identify to the providers of the instrument of incorporation the fields in which they operate and the territory from which they mainly acquire individual collection items, in accordance with the characteristics of the collections listed in the central register and the traditional collection area of the museum or gallery;
(b) provide for the provision of standardised public services to providers of the instrument of incorporation under this Act in the main object of their activities;
(c) provide providers with conditions for the performance of standardised public services in accordance with the standards set out in § 10a (2) to (4).
(2) Guarantees, where they are not an organisational component of a State or a contribution organisation established by an organisational body of a State, may receive assigned subsidies from State budget funds in accordance with the specific legislation3) to provide standardised public services according to the standards set out in § 10a (2) to (4).
3) Act No. 218 / 2000 Coll., on budgetary rules and amending certain related laws (budgetary rules), as amended. '
8. In Article 11 (1), the words "public display of appearance or function, if any, shall be inserted after the word" display. "
9. The following Section 15a is inserted after Section 15:
The Ministry may, in cases of special consideration justified by the public interest, establish museums and galleries as a contribution organisation. Under similar conditions, the Ministry may divide such a contribution organisation, merge with another contribution organisation with a similar subject of activity or cancel it. In addition, the Ministry may, under similar conditions, take over and establish another museum or gallery with its consent, including their items, rights and obligations, as a contribution organisation. '
Transitional provision
Garanti will fulfil the obligations set out in § 10b (1) (a) and (b) of Act No. 122 / 2000 Coll., as amended by this Act, no later than 6 months after the date of entry into force of this Act.
Efficacy
That law shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month following its publication.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 483 / 2004 Coll., amending Act No. 122 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Collections of Museums and on the Amendment of Certain Other Acts, as amended by Act No. 186 / 2004 Coll. |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 07.09.2004 |
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| Effective from | 01.10.2004 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
Legal Areas:
Culture
Administrative law
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