As we reported last year, the Omani Authority for Partnership for Development was established in 2014 to oversee and manage Oman's offset regime, the Partnership for Development programme.

On April 7, 2025, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued Royal Decree No. 38 of 2025, promulgating the new Law of Special Economic Zones and Free Zones...

The Oman Update

Setting polling day in the Majlis Al Shura 8th term elections

Amending some provisions of the executive regulations of the Law of Scholarships, Fellowships & Study Grants (SD 83/2002). Issued on 20 September 2015. Effective on the day following its publication.

Ministerial Decision No. 13/2016 Amending some provisions of MD 124/93 (on the registration of leases).

Amending certain provisions of the Executive Regulations of the Finance Law (MD 118/2008). This Decision contains a single amendment to Article 482(1)(a) of the abovementioned Executive Regulations.

Ministerial Decision No. 39/2016 Issuing the Executive Regulations of the Tourism Law (enacted by Sultani Decree No. 33/2002).

Appointment of two advisers to the Minister of Heritage & Culture: Sayyid Faisal bin Hamoud bin Nasser Al Busaidi and Hassan bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Lawati.

Oman is known for its stable economy and strategic location, offering a range of promising investment opportunities.

Correction:- Noting that there was a material error in Sultani Decree No. 23/2011 Approving the assignment of 20% of the rights and obligation of Tethys Oil Company AB in the EPSA Agreement...

Ministerial Decisions

Ministerial Decision No. 315/2015 Giving Effect to the Implementing Regulations of the GCC Unified Law of Anti-dumping, Countervailing Measures & Safeguards.

Government contracts contain more stringent provisions than other contracts, whether in the stage of tendering, execution, or termination of the contract.

The recent amendments to the State of Emergency Law, introduced by Royal Decree 13/2024 issued on 3 March 2024.

Sultani Decree No. 33/2015 - Promulgating an amendment to Article 43 of the Civil Status Law (SD 66/99).

Nasser bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Busaidi and Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Saleh Al Balushi are to be transferred from the Diwan of Royal Court and appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as ambassadors.

On charging fees to register those licenced to practice as a real estate agents in the Ministry of Housing.

Indigenous and local communities have utilised traditional and indigenous knowledge (TK) for generations in accordance with regional laws, practices, and traditions. It has been passed down from generation to generation and evolved.

On 12 November 2020, Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said enacted a new Law on Simplification of Certain Judicial Procedures in Specific Matters ("Law") by virtue of Sultani Decree No. 2020/125.