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Four royal decrees were issued in January, with the most significant being Royal Decree 1/2024 Ratifying the General Budget of the State for Fiscal Year 2024 and Royal Decree 2/2024 Establishing the National Fund for Emergency Cases.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant updates on Decree in the previous month.
Eleven royal decrees were issued in November, with the most significant being Royal Decree 80/2023 regarding Tax Exemption and Royal Decree 84/2023 Restructuring Oman Development Bank SAOC.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant updates on Decree in the previous month.
Three royal decrees were issued in October, the first two promulgating the Public Debt Law and the Tourism Law, and the third appointing new ambassadors.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant updates on Decree in the previous month.
Twelve royal decrees were issued in September, with the most significant being Royal Decree 62/2023 Amending Some Provisions of the Civil Aviation Law. Royal decrees were also issued establishing an embassy for the Sultanate of Oman in Australia, ratifying civil aviation agreements with Senegal and Belarus, and acceding to the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant updates on Decree in the previous month.
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No royal decrees were published in the Official Gazette in the month of August.
Five ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being MEM’s Amendment to the Executive Regulation of the Mining Law, MOH’s decision Specifying Medicines that May be Dispensed without a Prescription, EA’s Regulation on Environmental Permits, and SMEDA’s new SME Financing Regulation.
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Our blog featured two posts by Mohammed Al-Farsi titled “New Omani Labour Law: 5 Employee Rights and 5 Employer Rights” and “Banned Barbie: Censorship Law in Oman“, along with a guest post by Duniya Al-Nabhani titled “Protection of the Rights of the Disabled under Omani Law“, a guest post by Bassam Al-Balushi titled “Biotechnology: Ethical Dilemma and Financial Issues“, a guest post by Adeeb Al-Mazroui titled “Smart Homes and Privacy Risks“, and a guest post by Faris Al-Said titled “Ranked Choice Voting: A Missed Opportunity in the New Shura Elections Law“.
Decree signed an MOU with the Omani Lawyers Association to provide special subscription rates for small and medium Omani law firms.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant legislation issued in the previous month.
Twelve royal decrees were published in July, with the most significant being Royal Decree 52/2023 Promulgating the Social Protection Law, and Royal Decree 53/2023 Promulgating the Labour Law. The systems of the entities that will administer the Social Protection Law were also published through Royal Decree 50/2023 Promulgating the System of the Social Protection Fund and Royal Decree 51/2023 Promulgating the System of the Military and Security Services Pension Fund. Other noteworthy royal decrees include Royal Decree 54/2023 Promulgating the Members of Majlis Al-Shura Elections Law, Royal Decree 44/2023 Establishing the Khazaen Economic City and Promulgating Its System, and royal decrees approving exploration and mining concession agreements numbered 46/2023, 47/2023, 48/2023, and 55/2023, and Royal Decree 49/2023 Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic, Special, and Service Passports.
Ten ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being MOCIIP’s decision on the combatting of concealed trading, MAFW’s decision amending some provisions of the regulation governing wells and aflaj, and OAAAQA’s decision determining the fees for institutional accreditation of higher education establishments with branches.
Our blog featured a commentary article by Yousuf Al-Busaidi titled “Regulating the Waterworks—the New Water and Wastewater Sector Law”, four posts by Mohammed Al-Farsi titled “Oman Joins the GCC Railway Project: An Overview”, “MOL Issues Decision on the Wage Protection System”, “MHUP Amends Decision on the Controls for Allocating Government Land for Public Majlises”, and “The New Joint Dialogue Committee under the Omani Labour Law”, and one post by Dr Riyadh Al-Balushi titled “New Grounds for Terminating Employment Under Omani Labour Law”.
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Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant legislation issued in the previous month.
Ten royal decrees were published in June, with the most significant being Royal Decree 40/2023 Promulgating the Law on the Regulation of the Water and Wastewater Sector and Royal Decree 42/2023 Issuing a Licence to Starlink Muscat SPC to Build and Operate a Satellite Communication System. Other noteworthy ones include royal decrees appointing an undersecretary for the Foreign Ministry, a representative to the ASEAN, and a representative to the World Tourism Organization; approving the accession to the GCC rail agreement; approving the concession agreement for Block 21, approving the assignment of the rights and obligations of Block 49; and ratifying a double taxation treaty with Egypt.
Thirteen ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being MHUP’s decision to amend the controls of the ownership of land and real estate by companies for practising their activity, MOCIIP’s decision to amend the list of activities that are prohibited to be practised by foreign investment, and OPAZ’s decision to determine the fees of the services it provides.
Our blog featured a commentary article by Riyadh Al-Balushi titled “Closed Education: Copyright Provisions in the Omani School Education Law”, two posts by Mohammed Al-Farsi titled “Omani Laws Every Law Graduate Should Know” and “Things You Didn’t Know Were Crimes in Oman”, and two posts by Duniya Al-Nabhani titled “The Omani Constitution: Five Things to Know” and “Key Insights into Your Employment Contract”, along with law updates on MHUP’s decision allowing companies to own residential real estate units in integrated residential compounds and MOCIIP’s decisions to simplify investor procedures and to amend foreign investor prohibited activities.
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Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant legislation issued in the previous month.
Nine royal decrees were published in May, with the most significant being Royal Decree 27/2023 Promulgating the Higher Education Law and Royal Decree 31/2023 Promulgating the School Education Law. Other noteworthy ones include royal decrees on renaming the Oman Botanic Garden, adopting the Organisational Structure of the Foreign Ministry, ratifying an Air Service Agreement with the Republic of Tajikistan, and approving the accession to the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft.
Eleven ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being the decision of the Targeted Financial Sanctions Committee to add names to the Domestic Terrorism List, MOCIIP’s decision to abolish the fees of some services, and APSR’s decision to issue the Regulation Governing the Activity of Charging Electric Vehicles.
Our blog featured a number of law updates on the new Higher Education Law, MJLA’s Updated List of Labour Law Judicial Enforcement Officers, the new School Education Law, and APSR’s EV Charging Regulation.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant legislation issued in the previous month.
Six royal decrees were published in April, with the most significant being Royal Decree 19/2023 Promulgating the Maritime Law and Royal Decree 23/2023 regarding the Marriage of Omanis to Foreigners. The remaining royal decrees involved an amendment to the Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropics Substances and the declaration of public benefit status for the construction of dams in Bawshar, Al-Kamil Wal Wafi, and Liwa.
24 ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being APSR’s Water and Treated Water Supply and Wastewater Collection and Transport Services Customers Welfare Regulation, APSR’s Regulation on Accident Notification in the Water and Wastewater Sector, MOCIIP’s Regulation Governing the Practice of the Activity of Consumer Cooperative, MOSD’s Governance Regulation for Practising the Profession of Psychological Counselling and Family Counselling, and MHUP’s Decision Granting Small and Medium Enterprises Usufruct Right to Lands Owned by the State.
Our blog featured a commentary article by Riyadh Al-Balushi titled “Is ChatGPT Legal Under Omani Law” exploring the relationship between copyright law and AI training, and an article by Mohamed Al-Tai titled “Five New Provisions in the Omani Maritime Law of 2023” outlining some of the key changes introduced by the new Maritime Law, along with a number of law updates on the new Maritime Law, APSR’s Accident Notification Regulation, APSR’s Water and Wastewater Customer Welfare Regulation, MOCIIP’s Consumer Cooperatives Regulation, and MOSD’s Psychological and Family Counselling Regulation.
Decree Monthly Digest is a summary of the most significant legislation issued in the previous month.
Seven royal decrees were issued during March, with the most significant being Royal Decree 19/2023 promulgating the Maritime Law—the text of which will be published on Sunday in the Official Gazette—followed by Royal Decree 16/2023 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Arab Charter on Human Rights. Other royal decrees include Royal Decree 15/2023 Establishing the Oman Across Ages Museum and Determining Its Competences, and Royal Decree 13/2023 Ratifying a Maritime Transport Agreement with the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
11 ministerial decisions were published in the Official Gazette during this month, with the most significant ones being MHUP’s Regulation for Providing Some of its Services through Engineering Offices and Engineering Consultancy Offices and APSR’s Regulation of the Prevention of Risks from Ground Works and Installations Relating to the Water and Wastewater Sector.
Our blog featured a number of short law updates on MHUP introducing permits for the promotion of international real estate within Oman and the new regulation for providing some of its services through engineering offices.