To complement the initiatives to stimulate investment and economic growth and reduce the time for providing services

Hamdan bin Mohammed amends legislation to simplify and reduce requirements in Dubai Municipality

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, issued Council Resolution No. (65) for the year 2022, regarding the amendment, simplification and reduction of some of the requirements applicable to Dubai Municipality, in accordance with the legislation in force, to complement the initiatives of the Emirate of Dubai, aimed at: Stimulating investment and economic growth, reducing the time it takes to provide services, and consolidating its global position as an attractive environment for business.

The decision stipulated the cancellation of some articles in the legislation in force, including the cancellation of Article (6) of Local Ordinance No. (40) of 1989, regarding the conditions to be met in imported or locally manufactured organic fertilizers, and Article (5) of Local Order No. (54) of the year 1990, regarding the regulation and licensing of companies operating in the agricultural sector in the Emirate of Dubai.

The provisions of Clauses (1), (4), (5), and (6) of Article (3), paragraph (b) of Article (4), and Clauses (1), (2), (3) were also canceled by virtue of the decision. , (5), (6), and (7) of Article (6), Clause (5) of Article (7), and Article (9) of Local Ordinance No. (59) of 1991, regarding the general conditions that must be met in warehouses Chemical fertilizers and organic fertilizer plants in the Emirate of Dubai.

In addition, the provisions of Articles (6), (18), (20), (24), and (25) of Local Ordinance No. (89) of 1994 regarding the regulation of the practice of the engineering consultancy profession in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments, in addition to the Article (92) of Local Ordinance No. (11) of 2003 regarding public health and community safety in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments.

According to the decision, fees and insurances collected for permits, licenses, certificates and transactions were canceled in accordance with the legislation and schedules set out in Article (2), including the insurances set out in Table No. (8) attached to Local Ordinance No. (11) of 2003, regarding public health and community safety in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments And the fees prescribed for some of the transactions shown in the tables attached to the local order No. (3) of 1999, regarding the organization of construction work in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments, by canceling the fee for changing the roof of an existing building, which is contained in item (7) of Table No. (6) Cancellation of the fee prescribed for requesting a study of a building decoration business licensing transaction before the issuance of the certificate of completion, which is contained in item (7) of Schedule No. (8), and cancellation of the fee prescribed for approving additional plans with a copy stamp, contained in item (9) of Schedule No. ( 8).

In the matter of Local Ordinance No. (40) of 1989 regarding the conditions to be met in imported or locally manufactured organic fertilizers, the texts of Articles (3), (4), and (5) were amended, as these articles authorized the Director General of Dubai Municipality to issue requirements and data And the technical standards that must be met in organic fertilizers, whether imported or locally manufactured, organic fertilizer packages, and imported organic fertilizer shipment.

In the matter of Local Ordinance No. (78) of 1993 regarding determining the prices of trees and plants affected by road accidents, service works and the cost of manpower, mechanisms and tools, Article (5) of this order was amended, which included authorizing the Director General of Dubai Municipality the power to amend the amount of prices of trees and plants affected by accidents Roads, service works and the cost of manpower, mechanisms and tools, in coordination with the Department of Finance.

With regard to Local Ordinance No. (3) of 1999, regarding the regulation of construction work in the Emirate of Dubai, the definition of the term “competent department” contained in this order has been amended to become the “Construction Activities Control Department of the Building Regulations and Licensing Agency in the municipality.”

The texts of Articles (4), (8), and (9) of this order have also been amended, as Article (4) prohibits any natural or legal person, public or private, from constructing any building or performing any major or permanent construction works. Or temporary before obtaining a building work permit, and giving the authority to Dubai Municipality to update and amend the controls and limitations related to construction work periodically, whether by increasing, decreasing or amending the types of building work that may be excluded from the condition of obtaining a building work permit, as the case may be.

As for Article (8), after the amendment, it stipulates that the construction permit must be valid to start construction work from the date of its issuance, and its validity period shall be upon the expiry of the periods specified for each type of construction permit, and it is not permissible to carry out any of the construction works whose validity period has expired. In addition, the validity period of the building work permit must be extended throughout the period of implementation of these works and until their completion, unless its implementation has been suspended for a continuous period in accordance with the periods specified for each type of building work permit.

And Article (9), after the amendment, allows the Dubai Municipality to cancel the building work permit, if it is proven that it was issued based on false or misleading information or data or incorrect documents, or that it was issued in violation of the provisions of the legislation in force in the emirate, or if building or planning regulations require Or the public interest it.

• Cancellation of an article regarding the conditions that must be met in imported or locally manufactured organic fertilizers.

• Prohibit the construction of any building work before obtaining a building work permit.

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