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 Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State issued by Royal Decree 26/75 and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
Without prejudice to the mandates prescribed to the Ministry of Oil and Gas, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry hereby has the mandate to license the establishment and operation of fuel filling stations and warehouses for the sale of liquid petroleum gas cylinders, and to monitor the distribution of the mentioned products throughout the Sultanate of Oman.
Article II
The Directorate of Petroleum Products in the headquarters of the Ministry of Oil and Gas and the Directorate of Oil and Gas Services in Salalah, their officers, and their allocations are hereby transferred from the Ministry of Oil and Gas to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the organisational structure of each of the two ministries must be amended accordingly.
Article III
All that is contrary to this decree is hereby repealed.
Article IV
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 26 Shawwal 1424
Corresponding to: 20 December 2003
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 758 issued on 3 January 2004.