David Levy Commemoration Centre Law, 5785-2025

The purpose of this Law is to establish a centre that will perpetuate for future generations the deeds and legacy of David Levy, a social and political leader who contributed greatly to the advancement of the periphery, to the reduction of social gaps, to the creation of full partnership of all parts of society in the national and political leadership, including in the field of foreign relations, inter alia in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the connection between parts of Israeli society and to the strengthening of ties between Israel and other states.

In this Law –

"the Archive" – the archive of the Centre established under section 26(a);

"the Site" – the commemoration site in memory of David Levy established under section 21;

"Archives Law" – the Archives Law, 5715-1955;

"Budget Foundations Law" – the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985;

"the Council" – the public council appointed under section 6;

"Council for Higher Education" and "recognised institution" – as defined in the Council for Higher Education Law, 5718-1958;

"the Institute" – the institute established under section 22;

"the Director" – the Director General of the Centre appointed under section 16;

"the Centre" – the centre established under section 3;

"the Minister" – the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

There is hereby established the Centre for the Commemoration of the Memory, Deeds and Legacy of David Levy; the Centre shall include the Site, the Institute and the Archive.

The objectives of the Centre are:

The following are the functions of the Council:

A power of the Centre that has not been vested under this Law in another organ of the Centre may be exercised by the Council.

"budgeted body", "employee of a budgeted body", "employee of a supported body" and "State employee" – as defined in section 32 of the Budget Foundations Law;

"Committee for the Classification of Statutory Corporations" – the public committee for the classification of statutory corporations established by virtue of the decision of the Ministerial Committee for Economic Affairs No. Kol/218 of the 12th of Adar Bet 5755 (14 March 1995).

The existence of the Council, its powers and the validity of its decisions shall not be affected by the cessation of office of a member of the Council or by reason of a defect in the appointment or continued service of a member, provided that a majority of the members of the Council are lawfully serving.

"family member" – spouse, parent, grandparent, son or daughter and their spouses, brother or sister and their children, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle or aunt and their children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandson or granddaughter, including a relative as aforesaid who is a step-relative;

"interested party" – as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968;

"handling" – including the adoption of a decision, the raising of a matter for discussion, presence at a discussion, participation in a discussion or in a vote, or engagement with a matter outside a discussion;

"conflict of interests", of a member of the Council – a conflict of interests between the performance of the member's functions on the Council and a personal interest or another function, of the member or of the member's relative;

"relative", of a member of the Council – any one of the following:

Council members who are not State employees shall, in their actions as council members, have the same legal status as State employees for the purposes of the following enactments and in respect of their actions on the Council:

The functions of the Director are:

The Council shall appoint an internal auditor for the Centre, who shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Audit Law, 5752-1992; the internal auditor shall submit to the Council a report on the auditor's findings.