Professional knowledge specific to the target service position
What the position-specific part tests
This part is not a separate branch of law. It tests whether you can apply the general framework to the agenda and internal rules of the service position you are applying for. The service office publishes an organisational rules (organizační řád), a file plan (spisový řád) and a job description. You should know which unit is competent, which forms are used, which deadlines apply and which substantive statute governs the agenda. For a position dealing with construction, social benefits, registries or subsidies, the substantive statute (e.g. the Building Act, the Social Services Act, the Population Registration Act) will be the main source; the general rules are the frame, not the whole answer.
Cross-cutting rules
Act No. 499/2004 Sb., on archives and records management, governs file service, retention periods and shredding. Act No. 634/2004 Sb., on administrative fees, sets fees and exemptions; the office must check payment before proceeding. Service of documents follows Act No. 500/2004 Sb. and Act No. 300/2008 Sb. (data boxes). Internal control rules and the office’s delegation rules determine who signs and who decides.
Worked example
A citizen files an application without the required attachment and without paying the fee. Reasoning: the office must call the applicant to remedy the defect and pay the fee within a set period. If the applicant fails, the proceedings may be stopped. The office must record the call in the file and deliver it properly; a data box delivery is effective on the third day after sending unless the addressee logs in earlier.
Traps
Do not rely only on the general Code of Administrative Procedure; the special substantive act may set different rules. Do not ignore the office’s internal rules on signatures and delegation. Do not miss fee and delivery deadlines. Do not assume that an informal email creates a file; the file service rules determine what is recorded.