10.Before the entry into force of the legal acts referred to in Article 5(2) of this Law (hereinafter: ‘the transition period’), service relations of statutory civil servants of the Government Communications Centre under the State Security Department of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter: 'the Government Communications Centre') arising before the entry into force of this Law shall continue according to the procedure established by this Law and legal acts regulating the operations of the Government Communications Centre.
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11.In the transition period, the ranks and qualification categories of statutory civil servants of the Government Communications Centre shall correspond to service grades as follows:
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1)the rank and qualification category of a security officer held by the Director with the second service grade;
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2)ranks and qualification categories of security officers held by the deputy directors with the third service grade;
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3)ranks and qualification categories of security officers held by heads of units with the fourth service grade;
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4)ranks and qualification categories of security officers held by deputy heads of units and heads of subunits with the fifth service grade;
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5)ranks and qualification categories of security majors held by chief specialists with the sixth service grade;
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6)ranks and qualification categories of security captains held by chief specialists with the seventh service grade;
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7)ranks and qualification categories of security second lieutenants held by chief specialists with the eighth service grade;
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8)ranks and qualification categories of security first lieutenants held by chief specialists with the ninth service grade;
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9)ranks and qualification categories of security second lieutenants held by senior specialists with the tenth service grade;
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10)ranks and qualification categories of security first lieutenants held by senior specialists with the eleventh service grade;
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11)ranks and qualification categories of security officers held by specialists with the fourteenth service grade;
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12)ranks and qualification categories of security officers held by junior specialists with the sixteenth service grade.
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12.The procedures for the imposition of disciplinary penalties initiated before the entry into force of this Law shall be continued until their completion according to the procedure applied before the entry into force of this Law.
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13.Sickness, maternity, paternity, maternity/paternity allowances and allowances for accidents at work to which intelligence officers became entitled before 31 December 2012 shall be paid by the allocating intelligence institutions from budget appropriations allocated to such intelligence institutions.
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14.Where starting from 1 January 2013 the calculation of a compensatory pay of intelligence officers who are insured according to Article 4(1) of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on State Social Insurance, in relation to sickness (including occupational disease and illness according to the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Social Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases), maternity, paternity and maternity/paternity social insurance benefits, includes periods not covered by sickness and maternity social insurance and social insurance against accidents at work, such social insurance benefit amounts shall be determined on the basis of actual income subject to insurance. In cases provided for in this paragraph an intelligence institution shall allocate from its state budget appropriations and pay to an intelligence officer the portion of his compensatory pay until the end of the insured event. This portion shall be calculated as the difference between the payable and the paid sickness (including occupation disease and illness according to the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Social Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases), maternity, paternity and maternity/paternity social insurance benefit.
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15.Benefits paid from 1 January 2013, as referred to in paragraph 13 of this Article, and the portion of a compensatory pay paid by an intelligence institution from its state budget appropriations, as referred to in paragraph 14 of this Article, shall correspond to social insurance benefits defined by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Sickness and Maternity Social Insurance or the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Social Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases.
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16.The procedure for the calculation and payment of benefits referred to in paragraph 14 of this Article shall be established by the Government or an institution authorised by it.
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Article 3Entry into Force of the Law
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This Law, except for Article 5, shall enter into force on 1 January 2013.
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Article 4Repealing of Legal Acts
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Upon the entry into force of this Law, the following legal acts shall be repealed:
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1)Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 11-63, 1994);
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2)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 28 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 99-1959, 1994);
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3)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Articles 7, 8 and 19 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 83-2514, 2000);
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4)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 27 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 39-1338, 2001);
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5)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Supplementing the Law on the State Security Department with Articles 61 and 81, Amending Articles 3, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 31 and 35 and Repealing Articles 14, 15, 16 and 25 (Official Gazette, No 73-3102, 2002);
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6)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 19 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 38-1696, 2003);
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7)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 8 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 73-2516, 2004);
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8)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 17 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 143-5184, 2005);
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9)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Articles 8 and 12 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 61-2176, 2006);
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10)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 28 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 8-317, 2007);
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11)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Article 10 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 67-2601, 2007);
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12)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Articles 9, 13, 20 and 28 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 120-4548, 2008);
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13)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Articles 8 and 19 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 2-38, 2011);
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14)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 10 of the Law on the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 68-3219, 2011);
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15)Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Approval of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 73-3101, 2002);
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16)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 32 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 101-4539, 2003);
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17)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 28-874, 2005);
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18)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Articles 42 and 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 74-2817, 2006);
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19)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 87-3403, 2006);
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20)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Articles 22 and 42 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 8-316, 2007);
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21)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 37 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 59-2284, 2007);
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22)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Supplementing Article 4 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 67-2602, 2007);
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23)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 132-5350, 2007);
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24)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 74-2865, 2008);
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25)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Articles 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47 and 49 and Amending the Title of Chapter Five of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 120-4547, 2008);
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26)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 138-5443, 2008);
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27)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 91-3920, 2009);
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28)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 3 of the Law Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 82-4304, 2010);
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29)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 86-4535, 2010);
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30)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending and Supplementing Articles 20, 22, 46 and 49 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 68-3220, 2011);
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31)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 13 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 86-4159, 2011);
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32)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 3 of the Law Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 150-7035, 2011);
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33)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 43 of the Statute of the State Security Department (Official Gazette, No 163-7752, 2011);
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34)Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Approval and Implementation of the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 92-4140, 2003);
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35)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 17-600, 2006);
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36)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 32 of the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 91-3922, 2009);
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37)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 3 of the Law Amending Article 32 of the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 82-4299, 2010);
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38)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Articles 18 and 23 of the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 157-7980, 2010);
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39)Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending Article 3 of the Law Amending Article 32 of the Statute of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (Official Gazette, No 150-7033, 2011).
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Article 5Proposals to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
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1.Before the entry into force of this Law, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall review valid legal acts and, if needed, adopt subsidiary legislation.
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2.The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall, before 1 July 2013, draft legal acts regulating the legal status and functions of the Government Communications Centre and submit them to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
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3.In the transition period, statutory civil servants of the Government Communications Centre shall mutatis mutandis be subject to legal acts regulating the status of intelligence officers.
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I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
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PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC DALIA GRYBAUSKAITĖ