Reimbursement for events canceled in Corona: The High Court will hear a petition to repeal the law

The Association of Ballroom and Event Garden Owners in Israel, which represents about 550 ballroom and ballroom owners who employ about 40,000 workers, petitioned the High Court to intervene in the advance repayment law for couples who were expected to marry and their wedding event was canceled due to the corona. Owners of halls and event gardens. In fact, the owners of the halls are seeking to repeal the law Which passed before the dissolution of the Knesset and has already taken effect these days.

The approved proposal states that couples who paid for an event that was canceled due to the corona and its limitations will get the money back if they failed to reach agreements with the hall owners. The offer entered into force on January 1, 2021 and will apply to events scheduled from March 12, 2020 and for which the contracts were signed before the Corona period.

In the petition, it was argued that the law “briefly enacted on the eve of the dissolution of the Knesset for populist reasons … In these difficult circumstances, where the owners of the halls and event gardens lack any source of income “Advances that have already been used for the benefit of the event ordered is an impossible task for most event hall and garden owners.”

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