Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has issued a Royal Decree regarding the granting of government lands.
A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA) said, "A royal decree regarding the granting of government lands stipulates that the granting of residential government lands shall be in accordance with the controls and conditions set forth in the attached annex to this decree. It also stipulated that the granting of commercial, residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural lands shall be the right of usufruct in accordance with the conditions and procedures stipulated in the aforementioned Royal Decree No. 5/81.
The decree stipulates that applications for entitlement to government residential lands submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning prior to the implementation of the provisions of this decree shall be subject to the controls and conditions stipulated in the annex attached to this decree. The conditions and procedures stipulated in the aforementioned Royal Decree No. 5/81 shall also apply to requests for entitlement to government commercial, residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural lands submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning before the provisions of this decree come into effect.
The decree stipulated that the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning issue the necessary decisions to implement the provisions of this decree and until they are issued, the existing decisions shall continue to be enforced in a manner that does not contradict its provisions. It also stipulated that the government land entitlement system issued by the aforementioned Royal Decree No. 81/84 shall be cancelled.
