Category: Royal Decree

An institution named the “Tax Authority” is hereby established. It shall have legal personality, shall enjoy financial and administrative independence, and shall be subordinate to the Council of Ministers.

Article II

The competences of the Tax Authority shall be determined, and its organisational structure shall be approved, by royal decree.

Article III

The competences, allocations, and assets of the Secretariat General for Taxation in the Ministry of Finance shall be transferred to the Tax Authority.

Article IV

The employees of the Secretariat General for Taxation in the Ministry of Finance shall be transferred to the Tax Authority with the same grade and financial entitlements.

Article V

The Chairman of the Tax Authority shall be a member of the Financial Affairs and Energy Resources Council.

Article VI

The phrases “Secretariat General of Taxation” and “Secretary General of Taxation” wherever they occur in existing laws and royal decrees, shall be replaced by the phrases “Tax Authority” and “Chairman of the Tax Authority.”

Article VII

All that is contrary to this royal decree, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article VIII

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

Issued on: 15 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 14 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1314 issued on 20 October 2019.

Royal Decree

Royal Decree 63/2019 Establishing the Ministry of Technology and Communications

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Post date October 14, 2019

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

Royal Decree 52/2006 Establishing the Information Technology Authority,

Royal Decree 19/2008 Determining the Competences of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Approving Its Organisational Structure,

and Royal Decree 69/2009 Approving the Organisational Structure of the Foreign Ministry,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

A ministry named the “Ministry of Technology and Communications” is hereby established. Its competences shall be determined, and its organisational structure shall be approved, by royal decree.

Article II

The competences, allocations, and assets of the Information Technology Authority shall be transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Communications. The competences relevant to policies and legislation relating to the telecommunications sector of the Ministry of Transport and Communications shall also be transferred to it, as well as the competences and allocations of the technology programmes of the technical committee for the localisation of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in the Foreign Ministry.

Article III

The employees of the Information Technology Authority shall be transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Communications with the same employment status and financial entitlements. The employees of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Transport and Communications shall be transferred to it in accordance with the rules issued by a decision by the Minister of Technology and Communications in agreement with the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Transport and Communications, each within his competence.

Article IV

All that is contrary to this law, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article V

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

Issued on: 15 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 14 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1314 issued on 20 October 2019.

Royal Decree

Royal Decree 62/2019 Granting Omani Nationality

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Post date October 3, 2019

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Omani Nationality Law promulgated by Royal Decree 38/2014,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Omani nationality is hereby granted to those named in the attached list.

Article II

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

Issued on: 4 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 3 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1312 issued on 6 October 2019.

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Royal Decree 59/2019 Ratifying the Comprehensive Agreement on Enduring Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Post date October 3, 2019

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Comprehensive Agreement on Enduring Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed in London on 22 May 2019,

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: 4 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 3 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1312 issued on 6 October 2019.

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Royal Decree 57/2019 Appointing Judges to the Supreme Court

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Post date October 3, 2019

Arabic We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 101/96, and the Judicial Authority Law promulgated by Royal Decree 99/90, and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The following are hereby appointed judges to the supreme court: Talib bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Maamari. Said bin Salim bin Ahmed Al-Jabri. Al-Mukhtaar bin Abdullah bin Issa Al-Harthy. Dr Al-Fadhel bin Ghusin bin Sinan Al-Hinai. Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hamed Al-Busaidi Hamed bin Sulaiyim bin Dhuhai Al-Riyami. Dr Hamed bin Khamis bin Salim Al-Jahwari.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance. Issued on: 4 Safar 1441 Corresponding to: 3 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1312 issued on 6 October 2019.

Royal Decree

Royal Decree 61/2019 Appointing a Judge to the Supreme Court

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Post date October 3, 2019

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Judicial Authority Law promulgated by Royal Decree 90/99,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Hussam Al-Deen Abdulrasheed Abdulaziz Salim is hereby appointed a judge to the Supreme Court.

Article II

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

Issued on: 4 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 3 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1312 issued on 6 October 2019.

Royal Decree

Royal Decree 58/2019 Appointing a Non-resident Ambassador

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Post date October 3, 2019

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Law Governing the Foreign Ministry promulgated by Royal Decree 32/2008,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Ambassador Yousuf bin Ahmed bin Hamed Al-Jabri, Our ambassador to the Republic of Austria, is hereby appointed a non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ours to Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Slovakia, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Bulgaria, and the Republic of Serbia.

Article II

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

Issued on: 4 Safar 1441
Corresponding to: 3 October 2019

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1312 issued on 6 October 2019.