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Regulations: the rules beneath laws
A law sets the principle and a minister writes details in regulations. Some need prior approval from a Knesset committee.
The Knesset enacts a law, and one of its clauses states which minister may issue regulations and on what subject. A regulation always rests on such a law.
All steps in text
- The Knesset enacts a law, and one of its clauses states which minister may issue regulations and on what subject. A regulation always rests on such a law.
- The ministry drafts amounts, forms, deadlines and standards. Regulations are subordinate to the authorizing law and cannot contradict it.
- The authorizing law also determines whether the Knesset is involved. Sometimes a committee must approve the regulation, sometimes it need only be consulted or receive a report, and sometimes there is no involvement at all.
- When approval is required, ministry representatives present the regulation to the committee. Committee members ask questions, hear organizations and citizens, may request changes, and then vote.
- The regulation is published in Reshumot, the state’s official gazette, in the part called the Regulations Collection. From that point it applies to everyone.