Category: Royal Decree

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 5/81 Governing the Usufruct of the Lands of the Sultanate,

Royal Decree 88/82 Adopting the Executive Regulation Governing the Usufruct of the Lands of the Sultanate,

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

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The grant of residential government lands shall be in accordance with the controls and conditions set out in the attached annex to this decree.

Article II

The grant of commercial, residential commercial, industrial, and agricultural government lands shall be by usufruct in accordance with the conditions and procedures stipulated in the aforementioned Royal Decree 5/81.

Article III

The controls and conditions stipulated in the attached annex to this decree shall apply to applications for the entitlement to residential government lands submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning prior to the implementation of the provisions of this decree.

The conditions and procedures stipulated in the aforementioned Royal Decree 5/81 shall also apply to applications for the entitlement to commercial, residential commercial, industrial, and agricultural government lands submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning prior to the implementation of the provisions of this decree.

Article IV

The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning shall issue the necessary decisions for implementing the provisions of this decree, and until they are issued, the existing decisions continue to operate to the degree that they do not contradict with its provisions.

Article V

The Government Land Entitlement System promulgated by the aforementioned Royal Decree 81/84 is hereby repealed as well as all that is contrary to this decree, or in conflict with its provisions.

Article VI

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

Issued on: 23 Ramadan 1442
Corresponding to: 6 May 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1391 issued on 9 May 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 3/2013 Establishing the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance,

and the System of the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance promulgated by Royal Decree 68/2014,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The name of the “Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance” is hereby amended to the “Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority.”

Article II

The text of the second paragraph of article 4 of the aforementioned Royal Decree 3/2013 is hereby replaced with the following text:

The implementation of the transfer must be in accordance with the mechanism agreed upon by the chairman of the authority and the Inspector General of Police and Customs, provided that a committee is formed of the Royal Oman Police, the Ministry of Finance, and the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority to compile and transfer all immovable and movable assets, records, rights, and obligations of the civil defence and ambulance sectors within a maximum period of 60 (sixty) days from the date of issuance of this decree.

Article III

The text of article II of the aforementioned Royal Decree 68/2014 is hereby replaced with the following text:

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority shall issue the regulations and decisions necessary for implementing the provisions of the attached system within a period not exceeding 90 (ninety) days from the date of issuance of this decree, and until they are issued, the regulations and decisions in force continue to operate to the degree that they do not contradict with its provisions.

Article IV

The attached amendments to the aforementioned System of the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority shall be implemented.

Article V

All that is contrary to this decree and the attached amendments, or in conflict with their provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article VI

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

Issued on: 9 Ramadan 1442
Corresponding to: 22 April 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1389 issued on 25 April 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania on the Mutual Exemption of Visas for Holders of Diplomatic, Special and Service Passports signed in the city of Riyadh on 31 March 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

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

Issued on: 7 Ramadan 1442
Corresponding to: 20 April 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1389 issued on 25 April 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Arab Framework Agreement on the Liberalisation of Trade in Services among the Arab States approved by the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League by Decision 1485 on 18 September 2003,

and after presentation to Majlis Al-Shura,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Arab Framework Agreement on the Liberalisation of Trade in Services among the Arab States is hereby approved in the form attached, subject to the reservation on article six of the agreement.

Article II

Competent bodies shall deposit the instrument of accession to the aforementioned agreement in accordance with its provisions, subject to the aforementioned reservation.

Article III

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

Issued on: 7 Ramadan 1442
Corresponding to: 20 April 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1389 issued on 25 April 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on the Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic, Special, and Service Passports signed in the city of Muscat on 21 March 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

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

Issued on: 29 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 12 April 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1388 issued on 18 April 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 67/2019 Creating the Position of Minister of State and Governor of Musandam and Amending Royal Decree 114/2011 Approving the Administrative Division of the Sultanate and Governing the Work of Governors,

the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 75/2020,

and the Governorates and Municipal Affairs System promulgated by Royal Decree 101/2020,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The organisational structure of the Governorate of Musandam is hereby adopted in accordance with the attached annex.

Article II

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

Issued on: 29 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 12 April 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1388 issued on 18 April 2021.