Monday 16 / February / 2026
Muscat : His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik today issued Royal Decree No. (31/2026), on the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority, reading as follows:
Article (1) states that the text of Article (1) of Royal Decree No. (3/2013)—on the establishment of the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority—shall be replaced with the following text: “An authority to be named ‘Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority’ shall be established and shall be accorded legal personality and financial and administrative autonomy.”
Article (2) stipulates that the amendments attached to this decree shall be applied to the System of the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority promulgated by Royal Decree No. (68/2014).
Article (3) states that the Chairman of the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority shall issue the regulations and decisions necessary for the implementation of the System of the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority—after the approval of the board of directors of this Authority—within a period of not more than 6 months from the date of enforcement of this Decree. Till such time, the existing regulations and decisions shall continue to be enforced without prejudice to the provisions of this decree.
Article (4) cancels Article (2) of the aforementioned Royal Decree No. (68/2014), and all that contradicts this decree or the attached amendments or contravenes their provisions.
Article (5) says that this Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from the day following its date of publication.
