Extension of Periods and Postponement of Deadlines (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Administrative Procedures, Terms of Office and Corporations) Bill

What does the bill do?

With regard to citizens – a blanket extension of two months is given for carrying out many actions whose due date falls between 7.10.2023 and 7.1.2024, except for exceptions detailed in the schedule that are not extended. Regarding the making of administrative decisions on various matters, a distinction was made between the period until the law was enacted and the period after it. For dates before the law was enacted (from 7.10.23 to 22.11.23), authorities will be given a blanket postponement of two months on all administrative decisions that should have been made (except for exceptions listed in the schedule). For decisions from 23.11.2023 to 7.1.2024, there is no blanket postponement, and the relevant minister will be required to make a specific decision in order to receive a postponement, in accordance with the procedure set in the law. The determining period and the postponement periods set in the law can be extended by order, with the approval of the Constitution Committee. The law also includes a series of specific arrangements extending deadlines in various fields, among them freedom of information, the tenure of officeholders in public bodies, the tenure of directors in corporations and more.