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Law No. 1 of 1988 Regulating Groundwater Well Drilling

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 1Date: 19/01/1988 Corresponding to 30/05/1408 HijriNumber of Articles: 32Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 1Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1988 Corresponding to 12/05/1408 HijriPage from: 4

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25 Article

In the implementation of the provisions of this Law, all owners of existing or planned groundwater wells shall inform the competent department thereof according to all prescribed forms and provisions of the executive resolutions of this law.

26 Article - Amended

The staff of the ministry shall have the right to enter any ground, farm or facility to conduct research and studies, collect information on groundwater, or conduct any procedures necessary to implement this Law, provided that the owner is previously notified of the date set for this purpose.

27 Article

The staff of the ministry, delegated by the minster's decision, shall have the status of judicial officers in proving violations of the provisions of this Law and its executive decisions.
Such staff shall have the right to enter any ground, farm or facility to verify the implementation of this Law and executive decisions thereof and to record violations thereof.

28 Article

Where a violation against the provisions of this Law is recorded, a competent police station shall be notified thereof and the director of the police station, or the officer assigned to do so jointly with the staff of the ministry who recorded the violation, shall submit a report.
The investigation of the violation and its referral to the criminal court shall be in accordance with the procedures set out in the Law of Criminal Procedures.

28 Article - Amended BIS

Public juristic entities and private juristic entities owned by the State may be excluded from all or part of the provisions of this Law. A decision regarding such exclusion may be issued by the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the minister.

28 Article BIS1

A decision issued by the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the minister, shall define the due fees for:

Granting a license to practise drilling.
Granting a drilling license or its renewal.
Granting a license to carry out any alteration to the well, its depth or cleaning; amending any related device for the purpose of increasing the quantity of water permitted to be extracted from the productive layer; or its renewal.

29 Article - Amended

The minister shall issue the necessary decisions to implement this Law.
30 Article

All competent authorities, each within its jurisdiction, shall implement this Decree-Law which shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.