Royal Orders Conferring Honours
Order conferring the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Science, Arts and Literature (First Class) to HE Dr. Hamadoun Touré, former Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in recognition of his efforts in the service of the ITU and the achievement of its objectives. Issued on 7 December 2016.
Ministerial Decisions
Ministerial Decisions
Ministerial Decision No. 261/2016 Amending Ministerial Decision No. 1020/2009 (on rights of audience for Omani and non-Omani lawyers). This decision extends the period within which non-Omani lawyers may have a right of audience before the Appeal Courts and Supreme Court to 31 December 2020. Issued on 22 December 2016. Effective from 1 January 2017
Sultani Decrees
Sultani Decree No. 1/2017 Ratifying the General Budget of State for Fiscal Year 2017 Enacted on 1 January 2017. Effective from 1 January 2017
Ministerial Decisions
Diwani Decision No. 39/2016 Naming members of the Municipal Council, Muscat Governorate, for the second term. Issued on 28 December 2016
Ministerial Decision No. 165/2016 Publishing the Final Account of the State for Fiscal Year 2015. Issued on 21 December 2016
Ministerial Decisions
Ministry of Manpower
Ministerial Decision No. 187/2017
Continuing the suspension of permits for the temporary recruitment of non-Omani manpower in certain professions. Permits are to be suspended for salesmen/marketing professionals and purchasing representatives, as specified in MD 608/2013 and MD 381/2016. The suspension period is to be extended by a further 6 months with effect from 1 June.
Issued on 29 May 2017.
Ministerial Decision No. 188/2017
Ministerial Decisions
Issuing the Executive Regulations of Sultani Decree No. 31/96 on determining the rules for investing the funds of the Public Authority for Social Insurance and pension funds.
A list of the state pension funds to which these regulations apply is given in Article 2 of this decision.
Issued on 13 June 2017. Effective from the day after the publication date.
Issuing the licensing and working system at the site of the customs territory in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.
Ministerial Decisions
Amending the Classification Guide of the General Budget of State (Annex 1), attached to the Executive Regulations of the Finance Law (MD 118/2008). Issued on 24 January 2018. Effective from the issue date.
Promulgating the Regulations on school assemblies. Issued on 25 January 2018. Effective from 11 February 2018.
Official Announcements
Sultani Decrees
Sultani Decree No. 19/2012
Appoints HE Liyutha bint Sultan bin Ahmed Al Mughairi – the Omani delegate at the United Nations in New York – as non-residential ambassador to the Republic of Cuba and the Republic of Venezuela.
Promulgated on 31 March 2012.
Effective on promulgation.
Sultani Decree No. 20/2012
Promotes Salim bin Said bin Salim Al Rahbi to the position of Supreme Court judge.
Promulgated on 31 March 2012.
Effective on promulgation.
Sultani Decrees
Sultani Decree No. 37/2012
Appoints the new Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Oman, naming Dr Ali bin Mohammed bin Moosa as Deputy Chairman.
Promulgated on 18 June 2012. Effective from 11 June 2012.
Sultani Decree No. 38/2012
Grants Omani citizenship to the named individuals.
Promulgated on 18 June 2012. Effective on promulgation.
In the last installment of this 3-part series, Oscar van Rossum du Chattel, a Senior Case Intelligence Manager based in Omni Bridgeway’s Geneva office, and Jonathan Siklos, a Senior Case Intelligence Manager bas
The GCC Quarterly Review briefly summarises a selection of the major developments in the laws of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) in the third quarter of 2018, with links to further reading, where available.