Royal Decree 59/2006 Promulgating the System of the Blue City Project in Sawadi Area

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We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

the Commercial Register Law promulgated by Royal Decree 3/74,

the Commercial Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 4/74 and its amendments,

Royal Decree 26/75 promulgating the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,

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

the Land Law promulgated by Royal Decree 5/80 and its amendments,

the Law Governing the Usufruct of the Lands of the Sultanate promulgated by Royal Decree 5/81 and its amendments,

Royal Decree 15/81 on the Territorial Sea, the Continental Shelf, and the Exclusive Economic Zone,

the Corporate Income Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 47/81 and its amendments,

Royal Decree 113/82 Allocating All Government Land Located in Sawadi Area for Tourism Purposes,

the System for Government Land Entitlement promulgated by Royal Decree 81/84 and its amendments,

the Law and System of Government Tenders promulgated by Royal Decree 86/84 and its amendments,

the Police Law promulgated by Royal Decree 35/90 and its amendments,

the Commercial Law promulgated by Royal Decree 55/90 and its amendments,

the System of Public Authorities and Establishments promulgated by Royal Decree 116/91,

the Foreign Capital Investment Law promulgated by Royal Decree 102/94 and its amendments,

the Real Estate Register System promulgated by Royal Decree 2/98,

the Financial Law promulgated by Royal Decree 47/98 and its amendments,

the Statistics Law promulgated by Royal Decree 29/2001,

Royal Decree 33/2001 Concerning the Competences of Transport Determined for the Ministry of Transport and Communications,

Royal Decree 55/2006 Determining the Competences of the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment, and Water Resources and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

the Telecommunications Law promulgated by Royal Decree 30/2002,

the Tourism Law promulgated by Royal Decree 33/2002,

the Governance of the Ownership of Real Estate by Nationals of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in Member States promulgated by Royal Decree 21/2004,

the Privatisation Law promulgated by Royal Decree 77/2004,

the Law on the Regulation and Privatisation of the Electricity and Related Water Sector promulgated by Royal Decree 78/2004,

the System of the Ownership of Real Estate by Non-Omanis in Integrated Tourism Complexes promulgated by Royal Decree 12/2006,

the agreement signed on 26 July 2005 regarding the Blue City Project made between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman represented by the Ministry of Tourism and Al-Sawadi Investment and Tourism LLC,

and the addendum to the agreement signed on 23 April 2006 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman represented by the Ministry of Tourism and Al-Sawadi Investment and Tourism LLC,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The provisions of the attached system hereby apply in regard to the Blue City Project in Sawadi area.

Article II

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.

Issued on: 21 Jumada Al-Awwal 1427
Corresponding to: 18 June 2006

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 818 issued on 1 July 2006.