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| Name: | Law of 1 December 2016 "On Maintenance Guarantee Fund". |
| Country: | Latvia |
| Subject(s): | Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons; Education, vocational guidance and training; Social security (general standards) |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2016-12-01 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | LVA-2016-L-105201 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=105201&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | legislation on-line  Latvijas Vestnesis, Latvia PDF in Latvian (consulted on 2017-09-28) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The purpose of the law is to ensure that the rights of the child to social security are realized and the acquisition of the child's education is promoted by establishing a Maintenance Guarantee Fund (hereinafter - the Fund) for the payment of the minimum maintenance allowance if the child acquires education in the Republic of Latvia and one or both parents of the child do not provide maintenance. Article 1: Terms used in the law Article 2: The purpose of the law Article 3: The fund Article 4: Fund Administration tasks Article 5: Rights and duties of the Fund Administration Article 6: Information about debtors Article 7: Prohibition of the use of debtor's vehicles and means of navigation management Article 8: Fund resources Article 9: Director of the Fund Administration Article 10: Applicant's entitlement to maintenance Article 11: Receiving maintenance in the administrative procedure Article 12: Receiving maintenance by a court judgment or maintenance agreement Article 13: Maintenance and duration thereof Article 14: Maintenance costs expiry Article 15: Repayment of undue payment of maintenance Article 16: The procedure for appeal and appeal of decisions of the Director of the Fund Administration Article 17: Applicant's responsibilities Article 18: Debtor's obligation to repay maintenance. |
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