Decree BlogLast year was a big year for Omani legislation with the promulgation of several key laws such as the Labour Law, the Social Protection Law, and the Maritime Law. We expect the year 2024 to have major legislative developments that are similar, if not greater, than those that came out in 2023. This post will highlight some of our predictions for this year.
We are excited to announce DecreeCon, an event for the Decree user community that provides insights into the latest developments in the Omani legal system. DecreeCon2024 will take place on 24 January 2024 at the Novotel Muscat Airport Hotel and will cover the topics of IPOs, data protection law, and labour law featuring 13 speakers from private practice, in-house legal teams, and other subject matter experts. You can learn more about the agenda and speakers by visiting the website of DecreeCon.
The year 2023 was an exciting year for Decree. Decree was formally incorporated, we started our commercial operations, and managed to make available in English every single royal decree and ministerial decision published in the Official Gazette in the year 2023 at a speed and quality never seen before. In fact, we do not believe that in the history of this country had the entire body of Omani legislation of a whole year been ever made available in English before by any person or organisation.
The year 2023 had some of the biggest legal developments in Oman in recent years, with the promulgation of many critical laws such as the Labour Law, the Social Protection Law, the Maritime Law, and many more. This blog post provides an overview of the most significant royal decrees that came out this year.
The Tender Board published in today’s issue of the Official Gazette a brand new Regulation Governing Local Content that requires government entities subject to the Tender Law to impose local content requirements for any contract with a value exceeding 500,000 Rial Omani. The aim of this new regulation is to develop national human resources and to support local products and small and medium enterprises.
Decree Intel is a database of original Omani legal research material that provides explanatory notes, overview of government entities, and summaries of Supreme Court cases and MJLA Fatwas.
Fatwa Summary: MJLA Fatwa 182710759 (Liquidation of a Shareholder): The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs (MJLA) deemed that the liquidation of a shareholder in a limited liability company does not affect the legal status of the limited liability company.
Overview of the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology: The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (وزارة النقل والاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات) is the body responsible for developing and implementing the national policies for land and maritime transport, communications and information technology, mail, and space science and technology.
Overview of Intellectual Property Laws: This document provides an overview of the key intellectual property laws in Oman.
The Environment Authority published in this week’s issue of the Official Gazette a new decision Amending Some Provisions of the Regulation Governing Environmental Permits. The original regulation was issued in August of this year, and this is the first amendment to be made to it.
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.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MHUP) published in this week’s issue of the Official Gazette a new Governance Regulation of Land Planning Controls that replaces the Governance Regulation of Land Planning Controls of 2013. This was done to comply with the requirements of the new Oman National Spatial Strategy.
The Tender Board published in today’s issue of the Official Gazette a brand new Regulation Governing Government Projects that formally adopts the quality gate approach for managing projects carried out by entities subject to the provisions of the Tender Law.