Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000
חוק בתי משפט לענינים מינהליים, תש"ס-2000
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First Schedule (Section 5(1))
Freedom of information – a decision of an authority under the Freedom of Information Law, 5758-1998.
Education – a decision of an authority in education matters, except a Government decision and a Minister's decision, and except:
Religious councils –
Tenders – matters of tenders of a body or authority listed in section 2 of the Mandatory Tenders Law, 5752-1992, and matters of tenders of a local authority, whose subject is the conclusion of a contract for the performance of a transaction in goods or real property, for the performance of work or for the acquisition of services, as well as tenders whose subject is the grant of a licence or concession under law.
Associations and public benefit companies –
Business licensing –
Regulation of the operation of a business – a decision of an authority under the provisions of the enactments listed hereunder:
Local authorities –
Collection companies and their employees –
A decision of an approvals committee under the Municipalities Ordinance.
Tourism – Matters of tourism services under the Tourism Services Law, 5736-1976.
Planning and construction –
A decision of an authority under the Firearms Law, 5709-1949, except decisions of the Government or of a Minister;
11. Firearms –§
Population administration, foreign workers and infiltrators – A decision of an authority under the following laws, except decisions of the Government and except decisions subject to appeal before the Appeals Tribunal under Chapter IV-A of the Entry into Israel Law, 5712-1952:
Public housing – A decision of an authority on the matter of public housing under the Public Housing Law (Purchase Rights), 5759-1999, except section 12, and under the Tenant Rights in Public Housing Law, 5758-1998, and also public housing matters under any procedure.
Traffic –
House renovation and maintenance – A decision of an authority under the House Renovation and Maintenance Law, 5740-1980.
Parties – A change of name of a party under the provisions of section 8(b) of the Parties Law, 5752-1992.
Credit data services – A decision of an authority under the Credit Data Law, 5776-2016.
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 101, 2018)
Animals –
Fuel sector – A decision of the Director on an application under section 3(c) of the Fuel Sector Law (Prohibition of Sale of Fuel to Certain Filling Stations), 5765-2005.
Regulation of occupation – A decision of an authority under the provisions of the following enactments:
Equal rights for persons with disabilities –
Environmental protection –
Import and export –
Released prisoners of war, prisoners, abductees and missing persons –
Benefits and assistance for disabled persons and for families of soldiers who fell in action –
Electronic signature – A decision of the Registrar under the Electronic Signature Law, 5761-2001.
Databases –
Gas —
Sport —
Defence corporations — decisions under the Defence Corporations (Protection of Defence Interests) Law, 5766-2005.
Financial sanctions and civil fines —
Health —
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 77, 2014)
Acquisition for public purposes — a decision of an authority under section 9a of the Lands Ordinance (Acquisition for Public Purposes), 1943.
Soldiers in regular service —
Police officers and prison officers —
A decision of an authority under the Clearance of Minefields and Unexploded Ordnance Areas Law, 5771-2011, excluding a decision under sections 4(a)(1), 18(c), 19 and 27 to 30 of that Law.
Cooperative societies —
Support grants —
Agriculture —
Examination of appointments — a decision of an authority under the provisions of the enactments set out herein:
A decision of an authority under the National Council for Food Security Law, 5771-2011, excluding decisions under section 3 of that Law and including, inter alia, Government decisions under that section.
Protection of the public —
Fire and rescue services — a decision of an authority under the National Fire and Rescue Authority Law, 5772-2012, excluding:
Water and sewerage —
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 81, 2014)
Standardisation —
Civilian service — a decision of an authority under the National-Civilian Service Law, 5774-2014, or under the Civilian Service Law, 5777-2017, excluding a decision of the Government under those Laws.
Promotion of competition in the food sector — a decision of the Commissioner of Competition under sections 7(b) and 16(d) of the Promotion of Competition in the Food and Pharma Sectors Law, 5774-2014.
Research and development – a decision of an authority under the Law for the Encouragement of Research, Development and Technological Innovation in Industry, 5744-1984, except a decision of the Council under that Law.
Absorption of immigration – a decision of an authority under the Absorption Basket Law, 5755-1994, except a decision of a Minister under section 3(b) of that Law, and also a decision of an authority in matters of benefits and assistance granted by virtue of Government decisions concerning the absorption of immigration or by virtue of the procedures of the Ministry of Aliyah and Absorption.
Dangerous drugs – a decision of an authority under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973.
Emergency call centres – a decision of a body under the Emergency Call Centres Law, 5776-2016.
Counter-terrorism –
Supervision of financial services – a decision of an authority under the laws listed below, except a decision of the Commissioner that establishes rules or guidelines having legislative effect under those laws:
Capital investments –
Communications –
Israel Land Authority –
A decision of an authority under section 78 of the Police Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971.
Civil defence – a decision of an authority under Chapters Three to Seven of the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951, except such a decision given during a special situation in the home front or during an attack, as defined in that Law, and except a decision of the Government, a decision of a Minister or a decision of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army under that Law.
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 124 – הוראת שעה (תיקון מס' 6), 2022)
Kashrut – a decision of an authority under the Prohibition of Kashrut Fraud Law, 5743-1983, except a decision of a Minister or of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
(Repealed — (הוראת שעה) תשפ"ד-2023, 2023)
A decision of an authority under the Dealing with Serious Cyber Attacks in the Digital Services and Storage Services Sector Law (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron), 5784-2023.
A decision of the Regulatory Council under sections 8g(f) and 78(d) of the Underground Railway (Metro) Law, 5782-2021.
Administrative traffic register – a decision of an authority under Chapter VII of the Administrative Traffic Violations Law, 5784-2024.
Salary reduction in the public service – a decision of an authority under sections 10 to 12 of the Law for the Participation of Employees and Office Holders in the Public Service in Measures for Stabilising the Fiscal Situation of the State during the Years 2025 and 2026 (Temporary Provision), 5785-2025 (in this item – the Law for the Reduction of Salary in the Public Service), including such a decision under sections of the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985, as applied by section 12 of the Law for the Reduction of Salary in the Public Service, except sections 29a and 29b of the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985.
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