חוק הטיס (תיקון מס' 6), התשפ"ה-2024Aviation Law (Amendment No. 6), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The amendment changes the enforcement regime established in the Aviation Law, 2011 (hereinafter – the Law), by repealing some of the criminal offenses set out therein and expanding the authority granted to the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority to impose a financial sanction on anyone who violates the provisions of the Law, and also changes the regime applicable to the operation of foreign aircraft in Israel. The amendment repeals offenses found to be unsuitable for enforcement through criminal proceedings, which relate to violations that are regulatory in nature – violations of regulatory rules directed at supervised entities having a substantial interface with the regulator – the Civil Aviation Authority. These offenses will continue to be enforceable through financial sanctions. The offenses not repealed by the amendment, meaning those that remain in force under the principal Law, are offenses for which the use of financial sanctions is unsuitable, due to their severity or because they are offenses directed at the general public, which is not supervised by the regulator. The amendment adds to the Law administrative enforcement measures – the authority to impose financial sanctions – regarding certain violations, such as conducting aviation activity requiring a license under the Law without an appropriate license (in parallel to criminal offenses that existed prior to the amendment in this regard) and violating various provisions when operating a foreign aircraft in Israel. In addition, the Law changes the regime applicable to the operation of foreign aircraft in Israel, and establishes that such aircraft must comply with the international standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization applicable to the aircraft, its crew and its operation, in accordance with accepted international practice on this matter. If no international standards apply to the aircraft, the regular aviation laws applicable to an Israeli aircraft will apply to it. The amendment further establishes that the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority may recognize certificates and licenses issued by the state in which the foreign aircraft is registered, or the state of the principal place of business of the air operator of the foreign aircraft, as equivalent to the certificates and licenses required under Israeli aviation law, and therefore as sufficient for its operation in Israel. The amendment also establishes, in addition to the authority to impose financial sanctions on anyone operating a foreign aircraft in Israel in violation of the provisions of the Law applicable to it, appropriate criminal offenses in this regard.

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