Article 1 of the Saudi Contractors Classification Law
المادة 1 من نظام تصنيف المقاولين
The article defines the key terms of the Contractors Classification Law, such as the Ministry, classification, contractor, field, activity, grade and criterion.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
يقصد بالألفاظ الآتية أينما وردت في هذا النظام المعاني المبينة أمامها ما لم يقتض السياق غير ذلك:
الوزارة: وزارة الشؤون البلدية والقروية والإسكان.
الوزير: وزير الشؤون البلدية والقروية والإسكان.
النــظـام: نظام تصنيف المقاولين.
اللائحــــة: اللائحة التنفيذية للنظام.
التصنيف: تقويم إمكانيات المقاول: المالية، والفنية، والإدارية، والتنفيذية؛ لوضعه في المجال والنشاط والدرجة المستحقة وفقًا لأحكام النظام واللائحة.
المقـــــاول: شخص ذو صفة طبيعية أو اعتبارية مرخص له نظامًا بالقيام -منفردًا أو مشتركًا- لتنفيذ عقد في أحد المجالات المحددة في اللائحة.
المجـــــال: نوع العمل الذي يصنف فيه المقاول.
النشـــاط: نوع من الأعمال الفرعية في مجال من المجالات.
الدرجــة: النتيجة التي يحصل عليها المقاول عند تصنيفه.
المعيار: مجموعة العناصر المستخدمة للتصنيف.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 1 explained in plain English
This is the definitions article. It fixes the meaning of the terms used throughout the law unless the context requires another meaning. The most important are:
- The Ministry and the Minister: the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing, and its minister.
- The Regulations: the Implementing Regulations of this law, to which the law refers many details.
- Classification: assessing a contractor's financial, technical, administrative and executive capabilities in order to place him in the field, activity and grade he deserves in accordance with the law and the Regulations.
- Contractor: a natural person (an individual) or legal person (such as a company) lawfully licensed to perform, alone or jointly with others, a contract in one of the fields specified by the Regulations.
- Field: the type of work in which the contractor is classified, and activity: a type of sub-work within a field.
- Grade: the result the contractor obtains on classification.
- Criterion: the set of elements used in classification.
Understanding these definitions is necessary for reading the other articles; for example, Article 2 makes classification and issuing its certificates among the Ministry's tasks. Note that the definition of contractor requires that he be lawfully licensed, and that the fields themselves are left to the Regulations, so the law does not name them.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 1 of the Saudi Contractors Classification Law
Who is a contractor under the Contractors Classification Law?
A natural or legal person lawfully licensed to perform a contract, alone or jointly, in one of the fields specified by the Regulations.
What is meant by classifying a contractor?
Assessing the contractor's financial, technical, administrative and executive capabilities in order to place him in the field, activity and grade he deserves.
What is the difference between a field and an activity?
A field is the type of work in which the contractor is classified, while an activity is a type of sub-work within one of the fields.
More articles on Definitions in the Contractors Classification Law
- Article 2
The article makes the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing responsible for classification and for issuing, amending, suspending and canceling its certificates, deciding applications within a period set by the Regulations.
تتولى الوزارة -بالتنسيق مع الجهات ذات العلاقة- التصنيف وإصدار شهادات التصنيف وتعديلها وإيقافها وإلغاءها، وفق أحكام النظام واللائحــــة، على أن يبت في طلب التصني
- Article 17
The article requires the Minister to issue the Implementing Regulations of the Contractors Classification Law within 90 days of the law's publication in the Official Gazette.
يصدر الوزير اللائحة خلال (تسعين) يومًا من تاريخ نشر النظام في الجريدة الرسمية.
- Article 18
The article provides that the Contractors Classification Law is published in the Official Gazette and takes effect 90 days after the date of its publication.
ينشر النظام في الجريدة الرسمية، ويعمل به بعد مضي (تسعين) يومًا من تاريخ نشره.
- Article 19
The article provides that this law replaces the Contractors Classification Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/18 dated 20/3/1427 AH and repeals any provisions that conflict with it.
يحل النظام محل نظام تصنيف المقاولين الصادر بالمرسوم الملكي رقم (م / 18) وتاريخ 20 / 3 / 1427ه، ويلغي كل ما يتعارض معه من أحكام.
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