President issues law launching ‘RegLab’
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a federal law authorising the UAE Cabinet to grant temporary licences for the testing and vetting of innovations that utilise future technologies and its applications such Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The law aims to provide a safe test environment for legislation that will govern the use and applications of future technologies.
The study towards developing new legislation will begin with the launch of the RegLab in January 2019.
RegLab will be the largest lab designed to anticipate and develop future legislation governing the use and applications of technologies, in a bid to achieve regional and global leadership in recruiting and attracting innovations and advanced technology applications such as self-driving vehicles and artificial intelligence in health.
The lab will create a transparent legislative environment, introduce new legislation or develop existing legislation, regulate the work of advanced technology products and applications, and encourage investment in future sectors by providing a secure legislative environment, supporting the goals of the UAE Vision 2021 and UAE Centennial 2071.