Shura Council to discuss draft law amending internal regulations

Manama, Jan. 28 (BNA): The Shura Council, in its sixth session of the first session of the sixth legislative term, scheduled to be held tomorrow, will discuss the report of the Public Utilities and Environment Committee regarding Decree-Law No. (7). 32) for the year 2022 amending some provisions of decrees by laws regarding the organization of buildings, urban planning, and the division of lands intended for reconstruction and development.

The decree-law aims to enable each minister to carry out his duties, supervise his ministry and implement the government’s general policy therein, in implementation of Article (48/a) of the Constitution, and in accordance with the issuance of Royal Decree No. Law No. (25) of 2022 regarding a ministerial reshuffle that resulted in the restructuring of a number of ministries by separating them.

Among those ministries is the Ministry of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning, which is divided into three ministries, so that works affairs have become a ministry of their own, municipal affairs merged with agriculture, and urban planning merged with housing.

Therefore, it was necessary to define the competencies between the aforementioned ministries, so that each minister could direct his duties and supervise the affairs of his ministry, without overlapping the competencies between the ministries.

In addition to being able to read each of the Building Regulation Law issued by Decree-Law No. (13) of 1977 and Legislative Decree No. (2) of 1994 regarding urban planning and Decree-Law No. (3) of 1994 regarding the division of land designated for reconstruction. development clearly without any ambiguity.

The Council will also consider, in the same session, the report of the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee regarding a proposed law to amend some provisions of Decree-Law No. (55) of 2002 regarding the internal regulations of the Shura Council.

The proposed law aims to achieve the goal of the constitutional legislator by unifying the procedural provisions common to the legislative authority in both the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives by proposing amendments introduced by Decree-Law No. (38) of 2022 amending some provisions of the decree. Law (54) of 2002 regarding the internal system of the House of Representatives.

Decree-Law No. (55) of 2002 shall be included in the internal regulations of the Shura Council, so that similar competencies between the two councils are governed by unified rules.

MI