DECREES APPOINT NEW MINISTERS
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos on Monday issued 10 Royal Decrees.
Royal Decree No 63/2019 on the establishment of Ministry of Technology and Communications.
Article 1 sets up a ministry under the name of ‘Ministry of Technology and Communications’ whose prerogatives shall be defined and organisational structure shall be approved by Royal Decree.
Article 2 states that all powers, prerogatives, allocations and assets of the Information Technology Authority (ITA) shall be transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Communications. It also states that specialisations of relevance to telecom policies and legislations at the Ministry of Transport and Communications, as well as specialisations and allocations of technology programmes affiliated to the Technical Committee tasked with localising the 4th Industrial Revolution’s techniques, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shall be transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Communications.
Article 3 of the Decree stipulates that employees of the ITA shall be transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Communications, along with their job status and financial allocations, and that the respective employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Transport and Communications shall be to the Ministry of Technology and Communications in accordance with regulations of a decision to be issued by the Minister of Technology and Telecommunications through agreement with the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Transport and Communications, each within the scope of his discretion.