Introductory provisions
§ 1 a municipality under this Act may provide child care allowance
to the individual.
section 2 Of this Act for the purposes of school school under the Education Act
(2010:800) With preschool in this law are equated educational
care provided instead for preschool and day care
as Chapter 25 of. section 5 of the Education Act is offered instead of
for the school. Law (2010:871).
General conditions for child-raising allowance
section 3 a municipality may provide child care allowance for a child who has reached the age of
a but not three years, provided that the child
1. is folkbokfört in the municipality, and
2. do not have a place in the school that refers to full-time.
Child care allowance may, however, be provided at the earliest after the
parental allowance on the occasion of the birth of the child under 12.
social security code has been provided for a total of 250 full
days, including such period referred to in paragraphs 33 and 34 of the said
Chapter. In doing so, parental benefit have been provided on
sickness benefit level or ground level.
Adoption to the time the parents had the child in their care
be considered as the date of the birth of the child in determining the
upper age limit of three years referred to in the first subparagraph. In doing so,
get Carer's allowance is payable for a maximum of two years and for children
under the age of five years. What the foregoing does not apply to the
adoption of the other spouse's child or adopted child, or by private
child. Law (2010:1301).
section 4 of the child-raising allowance may, without prejudice to the third subparagraph,
be submitted to a caregiver who
1. are registered at the same address as the child, and
2. living together with the child.
Child care allowance, following the notification of both parents
be divided so that the contribution be left with half of each
the custodian.
Child care allowance may be provided with half of each
the custodian even though only one of them is registered at
the same address as the child and lives with the child.
Child care allowance shall in that case also submitted to a
parents/guardians who are not resident in the same municipality as
the child.
paragraph 5 of the carer's allowance cannot be left to a caregiver who
for the same calendar month or part thereof,
1. parental benefit on the grounds of the birth under
12 Cape. the social security code,
2. unemployment benefits pursuant to lagen (1997:238) om
unemployment insurance,
3. activity support or development fee for participation in the
an employment program,
4. sickness benefit or rehabilitation allowance pursuant to
social security code after such compensation has
for a period of 365 days,
5. the sickness benefit during or immediately after a period when
unemployment insurance benefit pursuant to the unemployment insurance
have been submitted;
6. sickness compensation or activity compensation in accordance with
the social security code,
7. General old-age pension under the social security code,
8. older income support under the social security code, or
9. compensation under the Act (2010:197) for provisioning actions
for some newly arrived immigrants.
Child care allowance must not be left to a custodian
whose husband or cohabitee of the same calendar month or part thereof
get any of the benefits referred to in the first subparagraph 1 – 9.
This applies to the legal guardian who lives together with her
husband. Law (2010:1300).
section 6, if the child care allowance for one child, at the request of the
parents/guardians who have received the grant, should no longer be disclosed must
the municipality of resume at the earliest, leaving child care allowance for the same child
as of the fourth calendar month after the month for
the last child care allowance was provided. However, this does not
If the child care allowance is no longer to be disclosed by reason referred to
in section 5. Law (2011:1086).
section 7 of the guardians in 4-6 paragraphs apply even in
with regard to the social welfare board which consent has received
a child for permanent care and upbringing in order to
adopt it.
Carer's allowance
section 8 a municipality that has decided to introduce child care allowance,
leave this as entirely child-raising allowance and that reduced
child care allowance.
Quite child-raising allowance is a benefit for a child who cannot accommodate
in preschool. A reduced child-raising allowance is a benefit for a child
who has space on a part-time basis in preschool. Law (2010:871).
9 § Completely child-raising allowance, subject to a maximum amount per child to
3 000 per calendar month.
A reduced child-raising allowance may be determined in one or more
levels where the level of the premium corresponding to a certain number of
hours in preschool.
Full and reduced child-raising allowance may be differentiated
When the child care allowance is paid for more than one child in the same
households. Law (2010:871).
Notification, recovery and remission
10 § whoever gets the child care allowance is required to without undue
immediately notify the municipality on bidragsutbetalande
preconditions for child-raising allowance according to the 3-5 paragraphs are no longer
exist or if any other change in circumstances that affects the
the size of the child care allowance.
section 11 if someone by providing incorrect information or
by failing to carry out a task or
obligation, or otherwise caused to
child care allowance paid out improperly or with excessive
amount allowed the municipality to reclaim what has been paid for
much.
If anyone otherwise than as referred to in the first subparagraph have
receipt of child-raising allowance improperly or with excessive
amount and reasonably should have known this, the municipality
recover what has been paid too much.
When the Swedish social insurance agency paid child care allowance with
the support of the European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) no
883/2004 of 29 april 2004 on the coordination of social
security schemes, social insurance recover what
have been paid too much. Law (2010:1323).
section 12 if there are special reasons, the municipality is wholly or
partially waive the repayment obligation referred to in section 11
the first or second paragraph. The same applies for
Insurance agency when the social insurance agency has decided on
recoveries under section 11 of the third paragraph. Law (2009:551).
Appeal
paragraph 13 of the Decision in a case if the carer's allowance under this Act may
be appealed to the administrative court.
Leave to appeal is required for an appeal to the administrative court.
Miscellaneous
section 14 of this Act shall not affect the obligations of a municipality
under the Education Act (2010:800). Law (2010:871).
section 15 of The Council dealing with matters of child-raising allowance has
the right to social insurance, Pensions and
unemployment funds to some of the details of such
benefits to the individual referred to in paragraph 5, first subparagraph 1, 3 – 6
and 9, paragraph 5, first subparagraph 7 and 8 and paragraph 5 of the first
subparagraph 2. If there are reasons for it, the insurance agency,
Pensions authority and the unemployment insurance funds on private
initiative, may submit such information to the Board.
Government Announces additional regulations on the
information to be disclosed in accordance with the first paragraph.
Law (2010:207).
16 repealed by law (2010:207).
section 17 of The Committee dealing with matters of child-raising allowance shall
every six months, disclose personal information to the Statistical
Central Office in accordance with what the Government closer to
prescribes. Law (2009:551).
Transitional provisions
2010:207
1. this law shall enter into force on 1 december 2010.
2. Older rules still apply when the compensation
under the Act (1992:1068) introductory compensation for
refugees and other foreigners are paid.
2010:1323
1. this law shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.
2. Older provisions still apply to the
covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14
June 1971 on the application of social security schemes
When employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families
moving within the community.
2015:757
The repealed law continues to apply in respect of matters relating to municipal child care allowance which has brought in a municipality before 1 June 2015, and any part of which relates to child-raising allowance for time before the suspension.