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Law for the Extension of Periods and Postponement of Dates (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Administrative Procedures, Terms of Office and Corporations), 5784-2023

חוק הארכת תקופות ודחיית מועדים (הוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (סדרי מינהל, תקופות כהונה ותאגידים), תשפ"ד-2023

Published: 2023-11-23Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2024-07-08 · Last amended 2024-07-04✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter I: Definitions

Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"administrative tribunal" – any of the following:

(1)an administrative tribunal as defined in the Administrative Tribunals Law, including a tribunal or other instance to which the provisions of the Administrative Tribunals Law apply as referred to in section 4 of that Law;
(2)a medical appeals committee or a superior medical committee, or another body fulfilling the same function, even if differently named, established by legislation;

"independent director", "external director", "private company", "public company" and "debenture company" – as defined in the Companies Law, 5759-1999;

"administrative decision" – a decision or act of a public authority, pursuant to its statutory powers;

"government company" and "government subsidiary" – as defined in the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975;

"Administrative Tribunals Law" – the Administrative Tribunals Law, 5752-1992;

"Companies Law" – the Companies Law, 5759-1999;

"Government Companies Law" – the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975;

"Freedom of Information Law" – the Freedom of Information Law, 5758-1998;

"Securities Law" – the Securities Law, 5728-1968;

"Criminal Procedure Law" – the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982;

"Penal Law" – the Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"fixed date" – a date specified in one of the following ways:

(1)by specifying a particular calendar date;
(2)by specifying a date that recurs periodically;

"the special security situation" – the security situation prevailing in the State, on account of which a special situation in the home front was declared, as defined in the Civil Defence Law, 5711-1951, on the 22nd of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023);

"application to a public authority" – an application by a person to a public authority, pursuant to legislation, including the submission of an objection, the delivery of a report, document or other information, a response to an application by a public authority, or the submission of a request for the exercise of a statutory power, excluding the following acts:

(1)a payment to a public authority, including payment of a fee, levy, tax and any other compulsory payment;
(2)payment of a fine imposed by a court pursuant to any law, which must be paid within a period fixed by the court under section 66 of the Penal Law;
(3)payment of an administrative fine imposed under the Administrative Offences Law, 5746-1985;
(4)payment of a fine imposed in respect of fixed-penalty offences pursuant to section 221 of the Criminal Procedure Law or any other law;
(5)payment of a fine imposed by the Labour Court pursuant to its jurisdiction to try offences under the enactments listed in the Second Schedule to the Labour Court Law, 5729-1969;
(6)payment of an undertaking amount to refrain from committing an offence under section 76 of the Penal Law;
(7)a payment included in an arrangement pursuant to section 67c(a)(1) of the Criminal Procedure Law;
(8)payment of a fine imposed under the Contempt of Court Ordinance;
(9)payment of a civil fine prescribed by legislation;

"Partnerships Ordinance" – the Partnerships Ordinance [New Version], 5735-1975;

"public authority" – any of the bodies listed below, including the person in charge of or heading the body, as well as a public employee or office holder in such a body, including a person to whom such a body has delegated its powers, but excluding an administrative tribunal:

(1)the Government and Government ministries, including their units and attached units;
(2)a body established or appointed pursuant to law, as well as a body granted powers pursuant to legislation – with respect to the powers granted to it pursuant to that legislation;
(3)a local authority;
(4)the State Comptroller and the Public Complaints Commissioner;
(5)a government company and a government subsidiary – solely with respect to an administrative decision and an application to a public authority under the Mandatory Tenders Law, 5752-1992;
(6)a large public employer as defined in section 9b(a) of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998 – with respect to the publication of a plan under section 9c(a) of that Law;

"the first determining period" – the period from the 22nd of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023) to the 9th of Kislev 5784 (22 November 2023);

"the second determining period" – the period from the 10th of Kislev 5784 (23 November 2023) to the 26th of Tevet 5784 (7 January 2024);

"the postponement period" – a period of two months.

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Chapter II: Administrative Decisions and Applications to a Public Authority

Extension of a Period or Postponement of a Date for the Adoption of an Administrative Decision§

2.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, where a period for the adoption of an administrative decision has been prescribed by legislation and the last day of that period (in this section – the original last day) falls within the first determining period, the period for the adoption of an administrative decision as aforesaid shall be extended by the postponement period from the original last day.
(b)Notwithstanding any law, where a fixed date for the adoption of an administrative decision has been prescribed by legislation (in this section – the original fixed date) and the original fixed date falls within the first determining period, the original fixed date shall be postponed by the postponement period.
(c)The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to a period or fixed date for the adoption of an administrative decision prescribed by legislation listed in the First Schedule.
(d)The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall also apply to a period for the adoption of an administrative decision whose last day falls within the second determining period, and also to a fixed date for the adoption of an administrative decision that falls within the second determining period, if the period or date as aforesaid has been prescribed by legislation listed in the Second Schedule.
(e)The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1)a decision or act relating to arrest, detention in custody or imprisonment;
(2)a payment made by a public authority;
(3)an act concerning reporting or the transmission of a notice or information to the Knesset, to one of its committees, or to the State Comptroller and the Public Complaints Commissioner;
(4)the making of a regulation having legislative effect;
(5)an administrative decision under the Freedom of Information Law.

Extension of a Period or Postponement of a Date for an Application to a Public Authority§

3.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, where a period for an application to a public authority has been prescribed by legislation and the last day of that period (in this section – the original last day) falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, the period for an application to a public authority as aforesaid shall be extended by the postponement period from the original last day.
(b)Notwithstanding any law, where a fixed date for an application to a public authority has been prescribed by legislation (in this section – the original fixed date) and the original fixed date falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, the original fixed date shall be postponed by the postponement period.
(c)The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1)a period or fixed date for an application to a public authority prescribed by legislation listed in the Third Schedule;
(2)a period for an application to a public authority under the Freedom of Information Law.

Extension of a Period or Postponement of a Date Prescribed in an Administrative Decision§

4.

The provisions of sections 2 and 3 shall also apply to a period that has been extended or a date that has been postponed, as the case may be, for the adoption of an administrative decision or for an application to a public authority, pursuant to a power vested in the authority by legislation to extend a period or postpone a date as aforesaid, for a limited period, provided that the period shall not be extended and the date shall not be postponed, under sections 2 or 3 or as referred to in this section, more than once.

Cancellation or Shortening of an Extension of a Period or a Postponement of a Date in a Particular Matter§

5.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2 to 4, a public authority may, on its own initiative or upon request, decide that the period or fixed date for the adoption of a particular administrative decision by it or for a particular application to it shall not be extended or postponed under the provisions of those sections, and may also determine, with respect to a particular decision or application as aforesaid, a shorter postponement period; in making its decision under this section the public authority shall take into account, inter alia, the implications in the circumstances of the case of extending the period or postponing the date under sections 2 to 4 for individual rights.
(b)Where a public authority has decided as referred to in subsection (a), it shall notify every person to whom the decision applies by a reasoned written notice; the notice under this subsection shall also state the date of the end of the period or the fixed date for the adoption of the administrative decision or for the application, in accordance with the decision referred to in subsection (a); however, the public authority is not required to give notice as aforesaid if its decision under subsection (a) was taken on its own initiative and relates to the adoption of a particular administrative decision by it.
(c)A decision of a public authority under subsection (a) may be petitioned against or appealed to the competent instance under the legislation pursuant to which the administrative decision is made or under which the person applies to the public authority, as the case may be.

Publication to the Public§

6.
(a)A public authority shall publish to the public, as far as possible, in a clear and accessible manner, the main implications of this Law for administrative decisions and applications to a public authority prescribed by legislation for whose implementation it is responsible; publication shall be made on the public authority's website and by such additional means as are appropriate in the circumstances.
(b)No cause of action shall lie against a public authority for breach of the provisions of this section.

Freedom of Information Law – Extension of a Period or Postponement of a Date for a Decision by a Public Authority or for an Application to a Public Authority§

7.
(a)Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Law, the period from the 22nd of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023) to the 22nd of Heshvan 5784 (6 November 2023) shall not be counted in the periods prescribed by the Freedom of Information Law for the adoption of a decision by a public authority as defined in that Law or for an application to a public authority as aforesaid, under that Law.
(b)Where the period for handling a request for information has been extended under section 7(b) or (c) of the Freedom of Information Law, the provisions of subsection (a) shall also apply to the extended period; where the decision on extension as aforesaid fixed a date for handling the request by specifying a particular calendar date, that decision shall be regarded, for the purposes of this subsection, as if it had prescribed a period commencing on the date of the decision and ending on that calendar date.

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Chapter III: Terms of Office in the Public Service and in Public Bodies

Extension of Terms of Office in the Public Service and in Public Bodies§

8.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, a person holding one of the positions listed below, who was appointed for a fixed term and whose last day of office (in this section – the original last day) falls within the first determining period or the second determining period, shall have the original last day postponed, whichever is earlier, by four months, or until another person is appointed in the person's stead on a permanent basis, provided that the office holder is given at least thirty days' prior notice of the end of the office holder's term:
(1)a director or chairperson of a board of directors appointed under the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975, including an external director and an independent director serving in a government company that is a public company or serving in a government company that is a debenture company;
(2)a member of an administrative tribunal to whom the provisions of the Administrative Tribunals Law apply as referred to in section 4 of that Law;
(3)a member or chairperson of a council, authority or body performing a similar function even if differently named, in a corporation established by law, and the director general of such a corporation;
(4)a member or chairperson of a committee or other body established by legislation;
(5)a member or chairperson of a committee, council or body whose function is similar even if differently named, if the committee, council or body as aforesaid operates within a public authority as referred to in paragraph (1) of the definition of "public authority".
(b)Notwithstanding any law, a person appointed for a fixed term by a local authority as listed below, whose last day of office falls within the period from the 22nd of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023) to the date of the general elections to the local authorities under section 1(a) or (b) of the Law for the Postponement of the General Elections to Local Authorities, 5784-2023, as the case may be, shall have the term of office extended until the 90th day following the date of the said general elections, provided that the term of office shall not be extended to a date later than the 19th of Iyar 5784 (27 May 2024):
(1)a director on a board of directors, or a person holding a similar position in a similar body even if differently named, of a corporation in which the local authority holds part of the capital, part of the voting power, or the right to appoint a member of the board of directors or a member of an equivalent body in the corporation;
(2)a director appointed under section 61 of the Water and Sewerage Corporations Law, 5761-2001, except for a person appointed while serving as a member of a local authority council.
(c)The extension of a term of office under subsection (a) or (b) shall not impose on the office holder duties arising from the position or confer on the office holder rights arising from the position, during the period from the original last day until the date of publication of this Law, except for rights arising from an employment relationship.
(d)The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1)a person whose term of office was renewed during the first determining period or the second determining period;
(2)a person who has ceased to satisfy a condition prescribed by the legislation pursuant to which the person was appointed or pursuant to which the person serves, except for a condition relating to the duration of the term of office, age or retirement;
(3)a person whose term of office expired during the period from the 22nd of Tishrei 5784 (7 October 2023) to the date of publication of this Law, and in whose stead another person was appointed, before the date of publication of this Law, whether on a temporary or permanent basis;
(4)a person who has notified the appointing authority in writing that the term of office is not to be extended under subsection (a) or (b); such notice shall be given within 14 days of the date of publication of this Law, or, if the second determining period has been extended under section 18 – within 14 days of the date of the extension.

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