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Amendments To The Law "on The Bank Of Latvia"

Original Language Title: Grozījumi likumā "Par Latvijas Banku"

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law "on amendments to the Bank of Latvia" make law "on the Bank of Latvia (Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1992, 22/23.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 15; in 1998, no. 23; 1999, no. 23; 2000, no. 13; 2001, no. 22; 2002, no. 14; 2006, nr. 1, 14; 2009, no. 22; Latvian journal, 2012, 70 no; 13, no. 16) the following amendments: 1. Replace article 21, first paragraph, the words "and 8 people: bank President, his Deputy and the 6 members of the Council" with numbers and the words "6 people: bank President, his Deputy and the 4 members of the Council". 2. To supplement the law with the V1 chapter as follows: "the BANK of Latvia chapter V1 physical security article 42.1. The Bank of Latvia ensures the physical security of the Bank's departments — Latvian Bank Protection Department (hereinafter the Protection Administration). Protection mission is to ensure the management of the Bank the object of the protection against natural hazards, with the Bank of Latvia take object physical security risk analysis and implement safety measures. In addition to the first mission referred to security administration shall perform the other tasks conferred on the Bank of Latvia in internal legislation. The Bank of Latvia within the meaning of this Act, an object is a property of the Bank and the real money, real estate, staff, officials, and the Bank of Latvia real estate existing entities, as well as other persons and objects that protection against natural hazards need to provide the Bank of Latvia and of the measures taken in the framework of the transport. Article 42.2. In order to ensure the Protection of the administration of the mission, the Bank of Latvia is entitled to: 1) purchase, store, the marketing and use in their business and use the weapons, including all categories of guns, big guns and pneumatic energy gas pistols (revolvers), their ammunition and special features; 2) request information from the registry to verify that the physical person who is eligible for protection, a post or managerial staff occupying this post meet this law 42.3 of the first paragraph of article 2, 3, 4 and 5 and paragraph 1 and the second subparagraph of paragraph 2; 3) request information from the registry to verify that the physical person who is eligible for protection, a post or managerial staff occupying this post meet this law 42.3 of the second paragraph of article 3, paragraphs 6 and 7; 4) request information from the national police, to ensure that an individual who is eligible for protection, a post or managerial staff occupying this post meet this law 42.3 of the second paragraph of article 4 and 5 the requirements laid down in paragraph 1; 5) request messages from the public security authorities in order to ascertain whether the natural person who is eligible for protection, a post or managerial staff occupying this post meet this law 42.3 of the second paragraph of article 5 the requirements set out in paragraph. The Bank of Latvia acquires and distributes weapons, including guns, high power pneumatic weapons and gas pistols (revolvers), their ammunition and the special funds under the arms and the special features of the law. The Board of the Bank of Latvia determines: 1) protection management owned weapons and special means of storage, carrying, use and application; 2) special features types are eligible to apply for managerial staff of protection of their professional responsibilities. 26.3 article. On the Protection of the administration of the employee's position and Protection of eligible Administration may be employed by a person who meets the following requirements: 1) it is a citizen of the Republic of Latvia, and its education, professional experience, knowledge, skills, including language skills, physical fitness, health and psychological characteristics of protection concerned the post of managerial staff for the professional qualification requirements and duties to be carried out; 2) it has not penalized for committing a criminal offence (whether criminal or removal of deletion); 3 it is not called to criminal liability), except when the person is called to criminal liability, but the criminal proceedings against them terminated on a reabilitējoš basis; 4) it is not convicted of a criminal offence, freeing from punishment; 5 it is not administratively) penalized for alcoholic beverages, narcotic, psychotropic, toxic or other intoxicating substances affect Community infringements, waiver of medical examinations to determine the alcohol content of the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or other intoxicating substances impact test or an abusive defying police officers, border guard or militia or soldiers of legitimate order or requirement except in the passed years after the execution of the administrative penalty. On the Protection of the administration of the employee's position, which will be served to the duty firearm or great power pneumatic weapon, shall be eligible to the post in question and can be employed in a person who meets the first part of this article, the requirements and the following additional requirements: 1) it is not recognized as criminal suspects a criminal offence; 2 it is not administratively) punished for petty hooliganism or minor bodily injury intentionally caused, unless the year has elapsed after the enforcement of administrative penalty; 3 it is not limited) (forfeited at the time) of the arms acquisition, storage or carrying a right or rights to engage in commercial activities in the area of movement of weapons, unless the limit has expired; 4) State police do not substantiate that the person the weapon can be used maliciously, endanger themselves, to public order or security; 5) State police or public security authorities have no message stating party affiliation at the banned paramilitary or armed groupings, associations, foundations, political parties or other prohibited organizations; 6 it is not diagnosed) psychiatric disorders, alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or toxic substance dependency or behavioral disorders that give a basis to doubt the ability of the person to comply with the conditions for the circulation of weapons; 7 it is not handicap), for which the person is not able to use a firearm or great power pneumatic weapon; 8) it is declared (registered) residence; 9) it has reached 21 years of age. Article 42.4. Protection of government employees in the performance of his duties, within the limits of its competence is entitled: 1) check identity documents for persons who wish to enter or is in a Latvian Bank object, as well as the request to the Bank of Latvia in person objects voluntarily presented personal items, vehicle or cargo and its compliance with the supporting documents; 2) require a person to stop the unlawful actions, or other actions that interfere with the management of protection of the employee to perform his duties, the Bank of Latvia under the arrangements laid down, or, depending on the action you ask the person concerned to leave the Bank of Latvia and expel that person from the Bank of Latvia, if it does not obey the request and continues to violate the Bank of Latvia in the established procedure; 3) hold a person of suspicion that it committed a misdemeanour, until its surrender to the national police; 4) use physical force, store, carry and use job duties issued gas pistols (revolvers) and the special features of this law, subject to the conditions laid down in article 26.5 and procedures; 5) wear, apply and use the service subject to this law, firearms, provided for in article 26.4 of the conditions and procedures. 26.4 article. Protection of government employees in the performance of his duties, shall be entitled to use the services of the firearm as a last resort, to: 1) protect Latvijas Banka's object of attack, the real threat to human life, health or considerable property can cause injury, including cases where you need the release illegal armed persons assume the Bank of Latvia or ward off a block or the attack on the Bank of Latvia object that applies a weapon or object that is a risk to human life or health; 2) prevent the illegal attempt to violently take away service firearm; 3) bated person surprised by the Bank of Latvia, criminal offences under the Bank of Latvia or against the object, if that person is showing resistance; 4) stop a vehicle, causing damage to it, if the driver with their behaviour poses a real threat to the Latvian Bank object and no other options to stop it, as well as make harmless animals that threaten Bank object. The use of the firearm prior warning of its intention to do so by the warning shots. Without warning the service firearm may be used, if the attack is a sudden attack or weapon is used in the article, which is endangered human life or health, fighting technique, any type of motor vehicle, or the person can resist using a weapon or object to which other persons are endangered life or health. Prohibited use of the service or the use of firearms in places where their use or utilization may suffer a person against whom a firearm is not directed. Protection of government employees is entitled to use the service firearm to the warning shots, give alarm, summon assistance, or would an animal that threatens the Bank object. Protection of the administration of the employee has the right to extract service firearm and prepare it for shooting if he considers that the situation is not turned off the application or use of firearms. All service use and the use of firearms in cases of regulatory Protection for the employee is obliged to do everything possible to guarantee the security of other persons, keep intact as possible the location of the event, as well as, if necessary, immediately provide first aid and ambulance calls. For each service the application of firearm protection administration staff immediately, as soon as practicable, report to the national police. Article 26.5. If the offender with their unlawful activity poses a real threat to the Latvian Bank object protection administration staff after orally expressed alarm about physical force, special means or gas pistols (revolvers) application may be to apply it to ward off the attack, armed persons illegally occupied Latvian Bank object, end the other forms of illegal activity and put the offender. Detainees without delay to the police authority. Without a warning orally expressed physical force, special means or gas pistols (revolvers) may be used, if the offence is related to the sudden attack or violent intrusion. If necessary, the detained person against whom physical force, used a special tool or a gas pistol (revolver), provide first aid and ambulance calls. If physical force, gas pistols (revolvers) or special features as a result of the application of a person is injured or the person causing the death, defence administration staff immediately, as soon as practicable, report to the national police. " The Parliament adopted the law in 2016 on 22 December. The President r. vējonis Riga 2017 January 5