1. The Minister of Justice, with the approval of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice
Committee, shall institute regulations setting fees for information requests, and for the actions
involved in locating the requested information, and providing it under this law; the various types of
information and requesting parties shall be taken into account in setting the fees.
2. The fee regulations shall establish the circumstances in which a fee exemption shall be
granted.
3. No fee shall be charged for a request for information that must be provided to the public
under Section 6, but a fee or payment may be charged for copying, typing, and delivering the
requested information.
4. No fee shall be charged for a person’s request for information about himself, but a fee or
payment may be charged for copying, typing, and delivering the information to the applicant, and
for actions involved in locating the information, in cases where the extent or complexity of the
requested information requires a special effort in order to fulfill the request.
5. The decision of the party responsible concerning the fee for a given request can be appealed
to the Magistrates Court, in a manner to be determined in the regulations.
6. The Minister of Justice is entitled to rule that the date stipulated in this law for providing
the information shall apply only after the applicant pays a fee, and that the information shall be
provided to the applicant only after the fee is paid.
19. Implementation and regulations
The Minister of Justice is responsible for implementing this law, and is entitled to institute
regulations for its implementation, with the approval of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice
Committee.
20. Observing the law
Nothing in the stipulations of this law shall detract from the validity of a statute requiring,
permitting, forbidding, or otherwise arranging the dis.
21. Inception
1. This law comes into force one year after it is published.
2. Despite the stipulation of sub-section (A), the government is entitled, with the approval of
the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, to determine by order different dates for
public authorities, or types of public authorities, for inception of the law, provided that the dates
determined shall be no later than three years from the inception of the law, under the preceding subsection (A).