The Minister has submitted proposals for amendments to the Covid-19 Infection Prevalence Management Law. The draft law stipulates that the personal surveillance information system will also be used to reduce the threat of the spread of Covid-19 infection and to ensure the supervision of persons specified in the Covid-19 Infection Spread Management Law.
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Relevant amendments to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on epidemiological safety measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 infection have already been developed, providing that any person will be required to include the relevant information in the personal surveillance information system upon entering Latvia.
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Taking into account the purpose of establishing the personal surveillance information system, it is important to ensure the fulfillment of the mentioned obligation, therefore administrative responsibility for non-inclusion of the relevant data in the personal surveillance information system is expected, Ģirģens points out.
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Namely, the Covid-19 Infection Management Law, as a sectoral law, already contains certain administrative offenses in this area, for which administrative liability is provided. Consequently, the law also provides for administrative liability for non-compliance with the obligation imposed on a person to include information in the personal supervision information system.
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Also, taking into account that the inclusion of data in the personal monitoring information system is also closely related to the obligation to comply with self-isolation requirements in relevant cases, the draft law provides that the sanction for violation is analogous to the sanction for non-compliance. ten to 2000 euros.
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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of the Covid-19 Infection Control Law, as well as the amendments to the epidemiological safety measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 infection, the draft law provides that the administrative violation process will be carried out by the Health Inspectorate, the State Police, the State Border Guard and the municipal police.
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Also, taking into account that public administration is subject to law and rights and operates within the competence specified in regulatory enactments, the relevant employees of supervisory and control institutions should have the right to verify compliance with the requirements for inclusion in the system if there is reason to believe that the vehicle the person is obliged to include the information in the personal supervision information system.
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