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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
For the visually impaired, there is a library of visually impaired persons under the Ministry of the Interior.
The visually impaired library works in Finnish and Swedish.
It is for the visually impaired library to provide visually impaired and other categories of customers who, due to disability or illness, cannot use ordinary library material, access to information, study, literature and art, and For recreation.
For the purpose of carrying out the library:
(1) produce and borrow library, sound, electronic and other specialised library material;
2) to produce teaching and course material for all educational packages;
(3) sells the material it produces to individuals, libraries and other institutions;
4) advise their clients in the use of the library and in the search for information; and
5) act as an expert in their field.
The library of visually impaired persons shall have a board of directors, whose composition and functions shall be governed by a regulation.
The library services of the visually impaired library are free of charge for library users.
For other deliverables, compliance with the State contribution law (99/92) Provides.
The Blind Library has the right to receive donations and wills.
Expenditure on setting up premises for the library of visually impaired persons may be used for the purposes of (1047/2001) In accordance with paragraph 2, the appropriations entered in the State budget each year.
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law shall be adopted by the Regulation.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 September 1996.
This law repeals the Law of 9 January 1978 on the visually impaired (1999) With its subsequent modifications.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement this law.
THEY 61/96 , SiVM 4/96 EV 84/96This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
THEY 134/1998 , SiVM 9/1998, EV 119/1998
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
THEY 197/1999 , HaVM 10/2001, VJL 5/2001, HaVM 15/2001, EK 23/2001