Article 93 of the Saudi Antiquities Law

This article deals with issuing the Implementing Regulations of the Law.

• Who issues them: the Board, which under Article 1 is the Authority's board of directors.
• The deadline: within 120 days.
• Start of the period: from the date the Law is published in the Official Gazette.

Under Article 1, the regulations are the Implementing Regulations of this Law. Their practical importance is great, because many articles of the Law refer to the regulations for details, such as license conditions, classification controls and procedures. To know the detailed rule on many questions, one must therefore refer to the regulations and not to the Law alone.

Note that the text uses the plural "regulations", so there may be more than one. The article does not mention the subjects of the regulations or their number.

This article comes after Article 92, which provides that this Law replaces the Antiquities Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/26) dated 23/6/1392 AH. It is followed by Article 94, which provides that the Law takes effect after 120 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette; the period for issuing the regulations is thus equal to the period set for the Law to take effect.

Anyone who needs to know a detailed rule on a question for which the Law's articles refer to the regulations would be wise to refer to the approved regulations or to consult a lawyer who specializes in antiquities and urban heritage law.