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Laws of the State of Israel LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL VOL. 42 5748-1987/88 From 3rd Cheshvan, 5747 - 26.10.87 to 16th Elul, 5748-29.8.1988 Authorized Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice ISSN 0334-3383 Distributors: Government Publications Service 25-27, David Eleazar Street, Hakirya, Tel-Aviv - P.O.B. 7103 TAMAR GAULAN LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL VOL. 42 5748-1987/88 From 3rd Cheshvan, 5747 - 26.10.87 to 16th Elul, 5748-29.8.1988 Authorized Translation from the Hebrew Prepared at the Ministry of Justice ISSN 0334-3383 Distributors: Government Publications Service 25-27, David Eleazar Street, Hakirya, Tel-Aviv - P.O.B. 7103 CONTENTS Page Laws 3 Index of laws in the Order of the Date of Their Adoption 327 Alphabetical Index of Laws 333 (No.l) ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) LAW, 5748-J 987* 1. In this Law - Definitions "electricity supplier" means any of the following: (1) The Israel Electric Company Ltd; (2) Jerusalem Regional Electric Company Ltd; "the schedules" means the schedules of the Jerusalem Electricity Concession Ordinance1 as in force at the time of the commencement of this Law; "the area" means the area determined in the Order for Law and Administration (No.l), 5727-19672 "the Minister" means the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. 2. (a) The Minister may, by Order, with the approval of the Government and Electricity after consultation with the Economic Committee of the Knesset, order an electricity supply order supplier to supply electricity according to the provision of the Schedules, to the places specified in the Order; the reference to the Schedule shall not derogate from the validity of the expiry of the concession under it on the 31st December 1987. (b) Where the Minister has by Order directed the Israel Electricity Company Ltd, to supply electricity to places in an area, he may determine that notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), it shall supply electricity to the same places according to the provisions of the Electricity Concessions Ordinance3. (c) The validity of an Order under this section shall be for the period stipulated therein, provided that it does not exceed twelve years from the day that this Law comes into force. 3. The Minister may, by Order, with the approval of the Government and the Adjustments and Economics Committee of the Knesset, prescribe adjustments and amendments in Amendments the Schedule that will apply to the places stipulated in an Order under section in the Schedule 2(a). 4. (a) The concession bill appearing in the schedule of the Electricity Amendment of the Concessions Ordinance, shall be amended in accordance with the schedule of this Electricity Law, and it shall be regarded as already valid for all puiposes. Concessions Ordinance (b) Financial accounts of the Electricity Company Ltd shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Concession Bill (Amendment) in the Passed by the Knesset on the 3rd Cheshvan, 5747 (26th October, 1987) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 1227 of 11 Cheshvan, 5747 (3rd November, 1987) p.2; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1849, 5747 p. 329. Chukkei Eretz Yisrael, vol 2 p. 635, P.G. Suppl. 1 p. 20. 5727, p. 2691. Chukkei Eretz Yisrael, vol 2 p. 684. 3 schedule of this Law; nothing in the aforesaid provisions of this section shall derogate from the provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance 4 and regulations thereunder. Implementation 5. The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law and he may, and with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, make regulations regulations relating to the matters arising from the implementation of the orders issued under this Law, as well as the matters specified in the schedule of this Law. Validity of 6. An order under section 3 and regulations under section 5 shall overrule any regulations provision appearing in the Schedule. Schedule (section 4) This Concession Amendment Bill was drawn up on the day between The Israeli Government, represented by the Minister for Energy and Infrastructure, in the name of the State of Israel (hereinafter ) the Government) on the. one side and between The Israel Electricity Company Ltd (hereinafter the Company, and this term shall also include its replacements and authorized representatives). on the other side Whereas the Company is the holder of the concession of the 5th March 1926, appearing in Part 1 of the Schedule of the Electricity Concession Ordinance, the same having been amended in the supplementary Concession Bill of 3rd Av, 5730 (5th August 1970); and whereas: the sides desire to introduce changes into the Concession, in order to allow the Company to conduct its activities according to economic principles; therefore this Amendment Bill attests to the following: (1) The Concession shall be amended as follows: (a) The amortisation fund which the Company created pursuant to the provisions of the Concession, shall be terminated as of the 2nd of Nissan, 5747 (1st April, 1987) and any provision in the Concession relating to it is invalid. (b) As against the amounts saved in the amortization fund of the Company until the date as stated in subsection (a) the share holders shall 4 Dinei Medinat Yisrael New Version 6, p. 120. L.S.I. N. V. 4 receive benefit shares, fully paid up, for the defrayal of all of the obligations of the Company in respect of the said fund. (c) In section 2 of the aforementioned schedule, the word "their cost" shall be replaced by the words "their adjusted cost". 2. The Amendment of the Concession Bill shall come into force on the 2nd Nissan 5747 (1st April, 1987). in witness thereof the sides have put their seals; Minister for Energy and Infrastructure The Israel Electricity Company Ltd YITZCHAK SHAMIR MOSHE SHACHAL Prime Minister Minister for Energy and CHAIM HERZOG Infrastructure President of State (No. 2) 5748-1987״ ,(LAND LAW (AMENDMENT NO. 10 ,("hereinafter referred to as "the principal Law) 5729-1969׳ ,Addition of 1• In the Land Law Sections 59A me following sections shall be inserted after section 59: and 59B 6 59A (a) The owner of a dwelling may, without the consent of the other owners of dwellings in his building and subject to the provisions of subsection (b), install a boiler for the heating of water by the sun (hereinafter - a solar heater) at a reasonable place on the roof, and in a reasonable manner install all the appliances connected therewith and the pipes for the conveyance of the water to his dwelling, provided that all the following requirements are fulfilled: (1) he has received a permit for the installation under the Planning and Building Law 5725-19652, and has fulfilled the conditions of the permit; (2) on the date of the issue of the permit, the place on which the solar heater is to be installed has not been used by the owners of the dwellings for a reasonable period of time for any purpose whatsoever that had been agreed upon either by resolution of the owners of the dwellings or by their conduct and is not, on the said date, intended to be used for any purpose whatsoever under the rules of the condominium; (3) the installation of the appliances and pipes is carried out in a manner minimizing, as much as possible, any defacement of the building. (b) The owner of a dwelling in a condominium the roof of which is not sufficient for a number of solar heaters equal to the number of dwellings in the house-shall not install a solar heater as provided in subsection (a) until he has obtained the consent of all the other owners of dwellings; provided that if the owner of another dwelling objects on unreasonable grounds, or makes his consent dependent on unreasonable conditions, the Inspector may authorize the installation of the solar heater. (c) A certificate signed by the engineers of the Local Planning and Building Commission shall be evidence of the roof of the house either being or not being sufficient for a number of solar heaters equal to the number of the dwellings in the condominium; in the certificate, two engineers shall state the number of solar heaters for which the roof of the house is sufficient. Passed by the Knesset on the 19th Cheshvan, 5748 (1 Ith November 1987) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 1228 of the 27th Cheshvan, 5748 (15th November 1987), p. 6; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1774 of 5746, p. 180. 1 Sefer Ha-Chukkim 5729, p. 259; L.S.I. Vol 23, p. 283; 5734, p. 12, L.S.I. Vol 38 p. 15. 2 Sefer Ha-Chukkim 5725, p. 307; L.S.I. Vol 19, p. 330. 6 59B (a) The owner of a dwelling may, at his expense, without the consent of Disconnection the other owners of dwellings, be disconnected from the central water or room from central heating heating system; provided that where the central system is for water and room system heating combined, he may only be disconnected from one of them. This provision shall not derogate from the provision of section 2 of the Model Rules in the Schedule to this Law. (b) The Minister of Energy and Infrastructure may make regulations, with the approval of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, defining disconnection for the purposes of this section, and prescribing the conditions necessary for disconnection and the conditions to be complied with. (c) Disconnection as provided in subsection (a) shall not derogate from the rights of the owner of the dwelling in the central system from which he has been disconnected and shall not release him from the obligation to bear the expenses required for its proper maintenance.
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