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| Original name: | Kansaneläkelaki |
| Name: | National Pensions Act (568/2007). |
| Country: | Finland |
| Subject(s): | Old-age, invalidity and survivors benefit |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2007-05-11 |
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| Published on: | Soumen Säädöskokoelma, 2007-05-23, No. 568-587, pp. 1807-1835, ISSN: 0787-3182 |
| ISN: | FIN-2007-L-79782 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=79782&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Soumen Säädöskokoelma, 2007-05-23, No. 568-587, pp. 1807-1835, ISSN: 0787-3182 Act on-line in Finnish  Ministry of Justice, www.finlex.fi, Finland PDF in Finnish [as amended] (consulted on 2011-04-18) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Contains 15 chapters and 103 sections respecting, inter alia: Chapter 1 - objectives, area of application and definitions Chapter 2 - national pension Chapter 3 - disability pension Chapter 4 - grounds for the assessment of pension Chapter 5 - survivors' pension Chapter 6 - grounds for the assessment of continued pension for survivors Chapter 7 - grounds for adjustment and suspension of continued pension Chapter 8 - orphan's pension Chapter 9 - general provisions respecting survivors' pension Chapter 10 - right to child increase Chapter 11 - provisions on execution and the procedure to apply for benefits Chapter 12 - the procedure to appeal the Social Insurance Institution's decisions concerning pensions Chapter 13 - secrecy provisions Chapter 14 - the financing of pensions Chapter 15 - special provisions (i.e. respecting retardation of the payment of pensions). The Act repeals the National Pensions Act No. 347 of 1956 and the Survivors' Pensions Act (No. 38 of 1969). |
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