(a)Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) and the modifications set out therein, the provisions under this Law shall not apply to the Israel Police, including in all matters relating to a police aircraft, to aviation equipment serving it, to a gliding craft of the Israel Police and to a flight crew member performing a function in connection with the operation of a police aircraft or in connection with the performance of maintenance operations on that aircraft, including an instructor for such a function, and also in all matters relating to the operation or management of police infrastructure.
(b)The provisions under Chapter I, under Sections A, B, D and H of Chapter II, except for section 12, under sections 44, 45, 46(a)(3) and (4) and 46(b), 47 and 48, under Sections A to C of Chapter III, except for sections 64 and 66, under sections 76(b), 95, 96 and 98 to 100, under Section H of Chapter VII, under sections 137 and 138, and under Chapters IX, XI, XIII and XIV, shall apply to the Israel Police with the following modifications:
(1)the provisions of sections 3(a)(1) and 5 shall not apply to a police officer performing a function referred to in section 2, in connection with the flying of a police aircraft;
(2)the authority of the Director under section 38 shall be exercised in relation to a flight crew member who is a police officer in the performance of his duty, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a person authorised by him for that purpose (in this subsection – the Inspector General);
(3)where an appeal under section 39 has been lodged by a flight crew member who is a police officer in the performance of his duty, the appeals committee shall not decide on the appeal except after having heard the Inspector General;
(4)the provisions under section 59(b) and (c)(2) concerning the registration of attachments shall not apply to aircraft of the Israel Police;
(5)the authority of the Director to restrict, suspend, cancel or refuse to renew a certificate of registration or a certificate of airworthiness issued in respect of a police aircraft, under sections 59(c)(5) or 63(e), as the case may be, and his authority to amend the registration of an aircraft of the Israel Police in the register of aircraft, to suspend it or to delete it, under section 59(c)(5), shall be exercised in consultation with the Inspector General;
(6)notwithstanding the provisions of section 61(a), registrations of aircraft of the Israel Police in the register of aircraft shall not be open to public inspection, and inspection thereof requires the consent of the Inspector General;
(7)the authority of the Director to disclose information from the register of aircraft under section 61(b) shall not apply to aircraft of the Israel Police;
(8)provisions under section 68, in relation to a police aircraft, shall be determined with the consent of the Minister for Internal Security;
(9)for the purposes of section 76(b), the authority of a pilot in command of a police aircraft to deviate from the provisions of any law in relation to the operation of the aircraft shall also be vested in him by reason of an essential operational need, to the extent required in the circumstances of the matter;
(10)powers under section 96 shall not be exercised against the Israel Police, except for powers under section 96(a)(1), (2) and (4), which shall be exercised subject to the provisions of subsection (c);
(11)the prosecution of a police officer for offences under section 142(a)(1), (7), (11), (12), (19) to (22), (25) to (30), (42), (43), (48) to (50) and 142(b)(2) committed in the performance of his duty shall require the approval of the Attorney General or a person authorised by him for that purpose;
(12)the authority of the Director to grant an exemption under section 165 shall be exercised in consultation with the Inspector General;
(13)Regulations under section 166 shall apply to the Israel Police subject to the limitations prescribed in this section;
(14)the authority of the Director to prescribe temporary provisions under section 167 shall be exercised subject to the limitations prescribed in this section;
(15)Regulations under section 168(a)(1), (2), (5) and (6) shall not apply;
(16)Regulations under section 168(a)(3) shall not apply in relation to restrictions on the use of an article or on its operation inside a police aircraft;
(17)Regulations under section 168(a)(7) shall apply subject to the limitations prescribed in this section.
(c)Powers under section 96(a)(1), (2) and (4) shall be exercised against the Israel Police subject to the provisions of section 96(b) and to the following qualifications:
(1)an inspector shall not exercise his powers under section 96(a)(1), (2) and (4) against the Israel Police except in accordance with the information security rules observed by the Israel Police, as shall be detailed in a procedure pursuant to paragraph (5);
(2)notwithstanding the provisions of section 96(a)(1), where an inspector has required a person to identify himself before him for the purpose of exercising his powers against the Israel Police at a facility held by the Israel Police, that person may refrain from presenting an identity document if doing so is liable to frustrate the exercise of his authority or to cause harm to his security or the security of another person; however, once the circumstances that prevented identification as aforesaid have ceased, that person shall comply with the inspector's requirement as soon as possible;
(3)notwithstanding the provisions of section 96(a)(2), where a document is of special sensitivity, it shall not be delivered to the inspector, provided that he shall be entitled to inspect it, as shall be detailed in a procedure pursuant to paragraph (5);
(4)notwithstanding the provisions of section 96(a)(4), the Inspector General may order the immediate entry of an inspector to a facility held by the Israel Police or to a part thereof to be delayed, if he found that entry at that time is liable to disrupt operational or intelligence activity or to disrupt a criminal investigation, or if hostile activity is taking place at the location; once the circumstances that prevented the entry of the inspector as aforesaid have ceased, his entry shall be permitted as soon as possible, in coordination between the Authority and the Israel Police; in this paragraph, "the Inspector General" – the Inspector General of the Israel Police, including a senior police officer as defined in the Police Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971, authorised by him for that purpose;
(5)the Director and the Inspector General of the Israel Police shall agree on a procedure concerning the information security rules observed by the Israel Police that shall apply for the purposes of this subsection, and concerning the determination of documents as being of special sensitivity, the delay of the delivery of documents or the determination of times for their inspection in the event of concern regarding the disruption of operational or intelligence activity or the disruption of a criminal investigation, the manner of keeping such documents and ensuring inspector access thereto, inter alia in accordance with the relevant information security rules; notwithstanding the provisions of section 8(b) of the Civil Aviation Authority Law, the Director is not entitled to delegate his authority under this paragraph.
(d)The procedures of the Israel Police shall apply to the operation of a police aircraft while using civil infrastructure; such procedures shall be determined in consultation with the Director, having regard to the safety of civil aviation, and also having regard to the provisions of Section D of Chapter III and to the air traffic instructions prescribed under section 82, provided that the procedures shall ensure that –
(1)a police aircraft shall not be operated in contravention of the said air traffic instructions or of the flight rules and air traffic management rules prescribed under section 72, except by reason of an operational need in accordance with a decision of the commander of the aerial unit of the Israel Police, to the extent required in the circumstances of the matter and having regard to the safety of other aircraft operating in airspace;
(2)the operation of a police aircraft in contravention of the air traffic instructions or the flight rules and air traffic management rules referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in advance coordination with the relevant ATC unit.
(e)The operation of a civil aircraft that is not a police aircraft, at or while using police infrastructure, as the case may be, requires the approval of the Director.
(f)This Law shall not apply to a gliding craft of the Israel Police, to an operator of such a gliding craft or to infrastructure serving their activity; the procedures of the Israel Police shall apply to the operation of a gliding craft of the Israel Police; such procedures shall be determined in consultation with the Director, having regard to the safety of civil aviation, and also having regard to the air traffic instructions prescribed under section 92, provided that the procedures shall ensure that –
(1)such a gliding craft shall not be operated in contravention of the said air traffic instructions, except by reason of an essential operational need in accordance with a decision of the operator of the gliding craft, to the extent required in the circumstances of the matter and having regard to the safety of other aircraft and gliding craft operating in airspace;
(2)the operation of such a gliding craft in contravention of the said air traffic instructions shall be carried out in advance coordination with the relevant ATC unit.
(g)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Internal Security, may prescribe additional provisions under this Law that shall apply to the Israel Police, without modifications or with modifications as he shall prescribe, including in relation to matters listed in subsection (a).