A legal opinion on whether a person performing the function (church office) of the Economist of the Polish Bishops’ Conference satisfies the condition set out in art.44 para. 3 of the Act of 28 Aug 1997 on the organization and functioning of pension funds
Abstract
This legal opinion aims to address the question whether a person performing the function (church office) of the Economist of the Polish Bishops’ Conference meets the condition set out in art. 44 para. 3 of the Act of 28 August 1997 on the organization and functioning of pension funds, that is, whether he belongs to the group of so-called “dependent persons”. The analysis of the legal and factual situation in this particular case has led to the conclusion that the mere fact of being the Economist of the Polish Bishops’ Conference does not satisfy the negative condition from art. 44 para. 3 of the Act on the organization and functioning of pension funds. However, since the person performing the function of the Economist of the Polish Bishops’ Conference is at the same time employed by the organizational unit of the Polish Bishops’ Conference called “The Secretariat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference – Economic Activity”, that is, the organizational unit within the Polish Bishops’ Conference (a stockholder of an insurance company), he does satisfy the condition set out in the regulation at issue and in consequence is the so-called “dependent person”.
Keywords:
pension funds, insurance company, economist, Polish Bishops’ Conference, Catholic ChurchReferences
Rakoczy, Bartosz. 2008. Ustawa o stosunku państwa do Kościoła Katolickiego w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Komentarz. Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer.
University of Opole
Ks. dr hab., prof. UO, Katedra Nauk o Państwie i Prawie, Instytut Nauk Prawnych, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Uniwersytet Opolski, ul. Katowicka 87a, 45-060 Opole
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