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Royal Decree

Royal Decree 66/2022 Issuing Class I Licence to Oman Technology Infrastructure Company to Build and Operate Passive Infrastructure for Telecommunications Towers

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Telecommunications Law promulgated by Royal Decree 30/2002,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

A Class I Licence is hereby issued to Oman Technology Infrastructure Company to build and operate passive infrastructure for telecommunication towers, in accordance with the provisions of the attached licence.

Article II

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

Issued on: 23 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 19 October 2022

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman


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Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs: Ministerial Decision 100/2022 Conferring Enforcement Status on Some Officials of the Tax Authority

Arabic

Based on the System for the Collection of Taxes, Fees,and Other Amounts Due to Units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 32/94,

the Criminal Procedures Law promulgated by Royal Decree 97/99, the Income Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 28/2009,

the Excise Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 23/2019,

and the Value Added Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 121/2020,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

Those occupying the positions provided in the attached schedule in the Tax Authority are hereby conferred–each within the scope of his competence—judicial enforcement status in the application of the provisions of the aforementioned System for the Collection of Taxes, Fees, and Other Amounts Due to Units of the Administrative Apparatus of the State, the aforementioned Income Tax Law, the aforementioned Excise Tax Law, the aforementioned Value Added Tax Law, and the regulations and decisions issued in the implementation of their provisions.

Article II

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

Issued on: 21 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 17 October 2022

Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Said Al-Saidi
Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs

Published in Official Gazette 1464 issued on 23 October 2022.


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Royal Decree

Royal Decree 65/2022 Granting Omani Nationality

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

 after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

 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: 20 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 16 October 2022

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1464 issued on 23 October 2022.


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Ministerial Decision

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority: Decision 443/2022 Issuing the Governance Regulation of Sanad Service Centres

Arabic

Based on Royal Decree 107/2020 Establishing the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and the Governance Regulation of Sanad Services Centres issued by Decision 16/2014,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The attached Governance Regulation of Sanad Service Centres shall apply.

Article II

The aforementioned decision 16/2014 is hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to the attached regulation or in conflict with its provisions.

Article III

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

Issued on: 17 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 13 October 2022

Halima bint Rashid bin Sulaiman Al-Zarieya
President of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority

Published in Official Gazette 1464 issued on 23 October 2022.


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Ministerial Decision

Tax Authority: Decision 456/2022 Amending Some Provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Value Added Tax Law

Arabic

Based on the Value Added Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 121/2020,

and the Executive Regulation of the Value Added Tax Law issued by Ministerial Decision 53/2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The attached amendments are hereby made to the aforementioned Executive Regulation of the Value Added Tax Law.

Article II

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

Issued on: 17 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 13 October 2022

Saud bin Nasser Al-Shukaili
Chairman of the Tax Authority

Published in Official Gazette 1463 issued on 16 October 2022.


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Royal Decree

Royal Decree 64/2022 Reinstating Omani Nationality

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

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 reinstated 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: 6 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 2 October 2022

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1462 issued on 10 October 2022.


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Royal Decree 61/2022 on the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism is hereby approved in the form attached, subject to the reservation on paragraph 1 of article 23 of the aforementioned convention.

Article II

The competent entities shall deposit the instrument of accession for the aforementioned convention 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: 6 Rabi Al-Awwal
1444Corresponding to: 2 October 2022

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1462 issued on 10 October 2022.


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Royal Decree 60/2022 Assigning the Competences Relating to Climate Affairs to the Environment Authority by Way of Transfer from the Civil Aviation Authority

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 33/2012 Establishing the Civil Aviation Authority,

the System of the Civil Aviation Authority promulgated by Royal Decree 43/2013,

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

Royal Decree 85/2020 regarding the Civil Aviation Authority,

and Royal Decree 106/2020 Establishing the Environment Authority, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

All the competences relating to climate affairs are hereby assigned to the Environment Authority by way of transfer from the Civil Aviation Authority in the manner provided in the attached annex.

Article II

All allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings relating to climate affairs are hereby transferred to the Environment Authority from the Civil Aviation Authority.

Article III

The employees of the Civil Aviation Authority competent with climate affairs are hereby transferred to the Environment Authority with their same financial grades.

Article IV

The phrases “Civil Aviation Authority”,”Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority” and “President of the Civil Aviation Authority”, wherever they occur in laws and royal decrees relating to climate affairs, are hereby replaced with the phrases “Environment Authority” and “President of the Environment Authority”, as the case may be.

Article V

The annex of the competences relating to climate affairs attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 85/2020 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 date of its issuance.

Issued on: 6 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 2 October 2022

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1462 issued on 10 October 2022.


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Intel

Fatwa Summary: MJLA Fatwa 222770524 (Application of VAT Prior to Entry into Force of VAT Law or VAT Registration)

In a contract that was signed before the entry into force of the Value Added Tax Law, the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs (MJLA) held that a contractor was required to pay VAT out of the contract value agreed with the Ministry of Health and that contractor had no basis for adding it as additional charge that the ministry owes to the contractor.


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Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion: Ministerial Decision 527/2022 Issuing the Regulation for Organising and Managing Exhibitions

Arabic

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

Royal Decree 97/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and Ministerial Decision 182/2017 Promulgating the Regulation for Organising and Managing Exhibitions,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The provisions of the attached regulation shall apply in regard to organising and managing exhibitions.

Article II

Commercial establishments engaged in the activity of organising and managing exhibitions shall reconcile their status in accordance with the provisions of the attached regulation within a period not exceeding 6 (six) months from the date of its entry into force.

Article III

The aforementioned Ministerial Decision 182/2017 is hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to the attached regulation or in conflict with its provisions.

Article IV

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

Issued on: 3 Rabi Al-Awal 1444
Corresponding to: 29 September 2022

Qais bin Mohammed bin Moosa Al-Yousef
Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion

Published in Official Gazette 1461 issued on 2 October 2022.


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