חוק הגז (בטיחות ורישוי) (תיקון מס' 7), התש"ף-2020Law on Gas (Safety and Licensing) (Amendment No. 7), 2020 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

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The Gas Law (Safety and Licensing) (Amendment No. 7), 2020 (hereinafter – Amendment No. 7) is intended to extend deadlines set out in the transitional provisions of the reform connecting industrial plants to the natural gas network, a reform anchored in Amendment No. 4 to the Gas Law (Safety and Licensing), 1989. The reform is intended to promote the connection of industrial plants to the natural gas network. As part of this, provisions were established enabling the authorization of private entities as "inspecting bodies," which would conduct safety inspections for the installation and operation of natural gas consumption facilities and issue certificates of compliance for them. The reform also established that in cases where there is concern for public safety, the Safety Supervisor at the Natural Gas Authority may instruct an inspecting body, including the Standards Institution, to conduct a compliance inspection of a facility, provided that the body inspecting the facility is not the same body that issued the certificate of compliance for the facility. To prepare for the implementation of the reform, including to enable the authorization of "inspecting bodies" as stated, transitional provisions were established in the Law intended, among other things, to allow existing facilities to continue operating under approvals received before the reform. It was further established that these facilities must undergo a first compliance inspection by 30 June 2020. Due to the coronavirus crisis, difficulty arose in meeting this deadline, and therefore, as part of Amendment No. 7, the said deadline was extended by three months, to 30 September 2020. An additional deadline extended under Amendment No. 7 concerns the authority of the Safety Supervisor at the Natural Gas Authority to instruct the Standards Institution to conduct a compliance inspection of a natural gas facility in case of danger to public safety, even if the Standards Institution was the body that issued the certificate of compliance for that facility. The validity of this authorization was extended twice, until September 2019, and was then automatically extended again until 16 June 2020 by virtue of Section 38 of Basic Law: The Knesset. However, by that date insufficient inspecting bodies had been authorized, and therefore, as part of Amendment No. 7, the said deadline was extended until 1 January 2024.

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