Royal Decree 55/2025 Declaring Public Benefit Status for the Development Project of Bawshar Sands in the Governorate of Muscat

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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit issued by Royal Decree 71/2023,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The Development Project of Bawshar Sands in the Governorate of Muscat—specified in the attached note and masterplan—is hereby deemed a public benefit project.

Article II

The competent entities may seize, through direct execution, lands necessary for the project stipulated in article I, in accordance with the provisions of the mentioned Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit.

Article III

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

Issued on: 23 Dhu Al-Hijja 1446
Corresponding to: 19 June 2025

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman