Government Decree No. 64 / 1999 Coll.

Government regulations on pension increases in 1999

Valid Regulation Effective from 01.08.1999
64
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 22 March 1999
on the increase in pensions in 1999
The Government orders the implementation of Act No. 155 / 1995 Coll., on Pension Insurance, as amended by Act No. 134 / 1997 Coll. and Act No. 289 / 1997 Coll., ("the Act '):
§ 1
(1) Old-age pensions, full-time invalidity, partial invalidity, widower's, widower's and orphan's pensions granted before 1 January 1996 are increased from the payment of the pension due after 31 July 1999 in such a way that the percentage rate of pension increases by 7,5% of the percentage rate of the pension due on the date on which the percentage rate increases.
(2) Old-age pensions, full invalidity, partial invalidity, widower's, widower's and orphan's pensions granted from 1 January 1996 to 31 July 1999, with the exception of the pensions referred to in Article 4, are increased from the payment of the pension due after 31 July 1999 so that the percentage rate of the pension is increased by 5% of the percentage rate of the pension due on the date on which the percentage rate increases.
§ 2
The percentage rates of pensions granted from 1 August 1999 to 31 December 1999 shall be increased by 5% from the date of the grant and, if the pensions referred to in Article 4 are concerned, by 7,5% by the percentage rate of pension due on the date of the pension, before its adjustment under Article 59 of the Act.
§ 3
(1) The percentage rates of widower's, widower's and orphan's pensions are only increased if they have not been calculated from the percentage rates of pensions raised under this Regulation.
(2) If the pension is adjusted to coincide with another pension or income from a gainful activity, an increase in the percentage rate of the pension referred to in § 1 or 2 shall be adjusted in the event of a change in the amount of the pension paid, which is due from the date of that change.
§ 4
For the purposes of this Regulation, pensions awarded before 1 January 1996 shall also be:
(a) widower's, widower's and orphan's pensions for a person who was awarded a pension before 1 January 1996, if the right to such a pension lasted on the date of his death or for a person who died before 1 January 1996;
(b) the old-age pensions of persons who were entitled to such a pension before 1 January 1996 and the old-age pension was calculated in accordance with the rules in force before 1 January 1996 only because the condition laid down in the first sentence of Paragraph 72 (1) of the First Law was not met;
(c) the full invalidity and partial invalidity pensions of persons who were entitled before 1 January 1996 were paid after 31 December 1995 if the full or partial invalidity occurred before 1 January 1996;
(d) widow's, widower's and orphan's pensions calculated from the pensions referred to in (b) and (c).
§ 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.
Prime Minister:
Ing. Zeman v. r.
1. Prime Minister and Minister for Labour and Social Affairs:
PhDr. Špidla v. r.

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Regulation Information

CitationGovernment Decree No. 64 / 1999 Coll., on the increase of pensions in 1999
Regulation TypeRegulation
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation09.04.1999
Effective from01.08.1999
Effective until-
Status Valid
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