Majlis approves Transport Law
The Land Transport Law was approved after some modifications. The Majlis chairman also referred to the water crisis in his speech
MUSCAT: In a major decision, the Land Transport Law, referred by the Council of Ministers and recommended by the Services and Social Development Committee, was approved by the Majlis Al Shura on Monday, under the chairmanship of Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali.
The law was approved after some modifications to some of its articles, with most of the members of Majlis Al Shura in the Services and Social Development Committee agreeing to retaining some articles of the law as they came from the government.
The session began with a speech by the Majlis Al Shura chairman, in which he said that the Shura followed with interest the sudden and frequent water outages and lack of economic facilities in a number of governorates, including Muscat.
Water crisis
The Majlis Al Shura had formed a working group headed by the deputy chairman of the Majlis Al Shura and a number of members met with the chairman of the Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) on May 7. The chairman had heard their views on activating emergency plans to cope with such a crisis, as well as the progress of the additional station in Al Ghubrah to increase the production capacity to meet the increasing demands for water.
The session approved a draft agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income between the Sultanate and the Government of Hungary, referred by the Council of Ministers and as recommended by the Economic and Financial Committee. The Committee recommended the approval of the draft convention as stated by the government.
The session also discussed a proposal to amend some of the articles of the Social Insurance Law, submitted by the Committee of Youth and Human Resources.
The session reviewed the response of the Council of Ministers on amending the second article of the Tender Board Act.
It also reviewed the response of the Council of Ministers to the report on the flooding in Al Nahdha Hospital.