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Amendments To The Law Of Sports

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Sporta likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of Sport do the Sports Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2002, nr. 23; 2003, No 23.5; 2004; 2005, nr. 14. No; 2006, nr. 24; 2009, 6., no. 13; Latvian journal, 2016, 31 No.) the amendments are as follows: 1. Article 1: expressions of point 2 as follows: "2) sports employee-an individual who works in the field of sport, through educational, methodical, judges, athletes or sports competitions operating, organisational or other type of work;" Add to article 5.1 point as follows: "51) sporting events, sports competitions, demonstrations or any other measure in the field of sport. On a sporting event is not considered sports training (lesson); "; make paragraph 6 by the following: "6) sports competitions — measure the best athlete or team who conducted the appropriate determination of the race Organizer approved race rules;". 2. Add to article 10 with 4.1 part as follows: "(41) Latvia recognised sports federations issued rules, such as rules of sport, sports employee qualification requirements, sports competitions of the rules available to the public association" Latvian Sports Federation Council "website on the internet." 3. Express article 15 the following: ' article 15. Sporting events (1) sports event organizer can be a legal person, the legal capacity of a natural person, as well as national or local authorities. (2) sports event organizer event venue and time ensure public order, availability of medical assistance, hygiene, fire safety, safety and other safety rules and regulations are complied with. (3) the athletes, spectators and other sports activities, parties are obliged to respect the sporting event organizer's instructions, the general public order and security rules and regulations. (4) the Public Entertainment and celebratory event security in the cases stipulated by law and established a public sports event hold the organizer receives the permission of local authorities, which are administrative territory for the event, or inform the municipality about the event's time and place. (5) sports competitions take place in accordance with the race Organizer sports competitions approved by the Charter, which must indicate the following information: 1 name of sport competitions), duration and agenda; 2) competitive sport venue and their intrinsic information; 3) competitive sport Organizer (the legal entity: the name and the registration number; natural person: name, surname), and contact information; 4) on the organisation of sports competitions sport responsible employee (name, surname), and contact information; 5) sport and sports competitions of the rules under which surrounded the sports competitions; 6) information on the competitions venues (route) and main judge of competitions of qualification with this article — the sixth part, if you are sports competitions, auto racing Motorsports or water Motorsports. (6) sports competitions, auto racing Motorsports or water is allowed to hold only Motorsports licensed permanent or temporarily installed in the sports competition venues (route) and in the sports licensed under the main category of judges. (7) the Motorsports track and judges licence "Motorsports Federation of Latvia", motor racing track and the judges licence "Latvian Automobile Federation" water Motorsports track and the judges Association of the licence "water Motorsports Federation". The Cabinet of Ministers determine the licensing requirements and procedures for the authorization of the route and main judge in the sport. " 4. Replace the second paragraph of article 18 and article 20, first paragraph, the words "Latvian Sports Federation" with the words "recognised Sports Federation in Latvia". 5. the transitional provisions be supplemented with paragraph 10 by the following: ' 10. This law, article 15 of the sixth part of the requirement for permission for sports competitions, auto racing Motorsports or water to hold only in licensed Motorsports the sports competition venues (route) and in the sports licensed according to the category of the main judge's Chair shall enter into force on July 1, 2016. The license, which the sports competition venues (routes) and the main judges until 30 June 2016, has issued the "Motorsports Federation of Latvia", the Latvian Association "automotive Federation" and "water Motorsports Federation of Latvia", are valid until the date of expiry stated therein, but not longer than until 2017 31 December. " The Parliament adopted the law in 2016 on 14 April. The President r. vējonis 2016 in Riga on April 28.