Royal Decree 61/2000 Declaring Public Benefit Status for the Masarrat Basin Water Supply Project

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We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit issued by Royal Decree 64/78 and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The Masarrat Basin Water Supply Project specified in the attached note and masterplan is hereby deemed a public benefit project.

Article 2

The competent entities may seize, through direct execution, real estate and land necessary for the project, and all establishments on them, in accordance with the provisions of the mentioned Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit.

Article 3

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 13 Rabi Al-Akhir 1421
Corresponding to: 15 July 2000

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 676 issued on 1 August 2000.