Royal Decree 43/86 Transferring the Public Authority for Water Resources to the Environmental and Water Resources Protection Council

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

Royal Decree 76/77 Issuing the Water Resources Development Law and its amendments,

Royal Decree 63/79 Establishing the Public Authority for Water Resources,

Royal Decree 68/79 Establishing the Council for Environmental Protection and Pollution Control and its amendments,

and Royal Decree 105/85 Amending the Name of the Council for Environmental Protection and Pollution Control and Recomposing It,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The Water Resources Authority shall be transferred to the Environmental and Water Resources Protection Council, and the council shall determine its mandates and its mode of operation within the framework of its adopted organisational structure.

Article 2

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

Issued on: 22 Shawwal 1406
Corresponding to: 29 June 1986

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 338 issued on 1 July 1986.