PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of October 29, 2024 No. 402

About social support

For the purpose of strengthening of social support of separate categories of citizens:

are disabled people of III group or persons concerning whom the state organizations of health care set the restriction of capability to independent movement corresponding to functional class 3 above;

perform care of the handicapped child aged up to 18 years and receive attendance allowance for this handicapped child;

are registered at the place of residence in one premises with the disabled person of the I group receiving pension through object of mail service;

reached or will reach age of 70 years till January 1, 2025;

showed willingness to receive pension through object of mail service with payment for the account of own means of the service in payment (delivery) of pension to object of mail service rendered to them.

In cases when at employers documents on the actual earnings for the periods of work of citizens till January 1, 2003 did not remain (except cases when documents did not remain as a result of natural disasters, accidents, catastrophic crashes or other emergency situations) and there are no contemporary records about these earnings, time of such work on desire of citizens does not join in the period for which of earnings pension, on condition of replacement of every month of the excludable period of work with the months of years of service which were consistently preceding the 30-year period of length of service for which earnings are considered for calculation of pension according to part one of this Item is estimated.

The procedure for determination of earnings provided in part two of this Item is not applied if the actual length of service for which there are data on earnings constitutes 30 and less years.

4. The request for award of pension can be performed not earlier than before month before emergence of the right to it and without restriction with any term after emergence of pension entitlement.

to handicapped children aged up to 18 years in case of extent of loss of health: the first - 80 percent, the second - 85 percent, third - 95 percent, the fourth - 110 percent;

to disabled people since the childhood of I and II groups - 110 and 95 percent respectively.

6. To the women who gave birth to four children and brought up them to 8-year age, the work retirement pension is appointed on reaching generally established retirement age and in the presence of length of service at least 20 years, including at least 5 years of length of service with payment of compulsory insurance premiums in the budget of state non-budgetary fund of social protection of the population of the Republic of Belarus (further - insurance years of service).

7. Provide to the fathers who were bringing up handicapped children (disabled people since the childhood) at least 8 years during the period to their age of majority, pension entitlement on age with decrease in generally established retirement age for 5 years and in the presence of length of service at least 25 years, including at least 5 years of insurance years of service.

8. Recalculation of the work pensions granted till January 1, 2025 on the basis provided in parts two and third Item 3 of this Decree is made from the first following after month in which the pensioner addressed for recalculation of pension in the procedure established by the legislation.

9. Financing of expenses on implementation of this Decree is performed by budget funds of state non-budgetary fund of social protection of the population of the Republic of Belarus. At the same time expenses on increase in pensions according to Item 5 of this Decree are refunded to the budget of the specified fund at the expense of the subvention transferred from the republican budget.

10. In two-month time to provide to Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus reduction of acts of the legislation in compliance with this Decree and to take other measures for its realization.

11. This Decree becomes effective in the following procedure:

paragraphs the first or fifth Item 2 - after official publication of this Decree also extend the action to the relations which arose since July 1, 2024;

Item 10 and this Item - after official publication of this Decree;

other provisions - since January 1, 2025.

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