The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources published in this week’s issue of the Official Gazette an amendment to some provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Law on the Management of Pastures and Livestock giving the MAFWR the power to impose a new set of administrative penalties.
While the actual Law on the Management of Pastures and Livestock included criminal fines for those who violate the law, the original Executive Regulation of the Law on the Management of Pastures and Livestock of 2005 did not grant the ministry the power to issue smaller administrative fines to hold those who commit small offences accountable for their violations. The new amendment changes this by giving this power to the MAFWR by allowing it to impose administrative penalties, such as issuing a warning, ordering the removal of the violation, or cancelling the licence if a licensee violates any of the provisions of the regulation. The new amendment also gives the ministry the power to impose a fine not exceeding 2,000 Rial Omani for each violation with the opportunity to double this fine if the violation is repeated.
You can read this regulation in full in English on the link below: