Article 21 of the Saudi Elderly Rights and Care Law

This article sets the relationship of the Elderly Rights and Care Law to other laws and obligations, providing that its provisions and procedures do not affect two things:

1. Other legal obligations relating to protecting the rights and care of the elderly, which fall on the relevant bodies, each according to its jurisdiction. What a body is bound by under another law remains in place and does not fall away because this Law was issued.
2. Any provision that ensures better protection for the elderly in another law, or any obligation on the Kingdom under an international agreement to which the Kingdom is a party.

In practice this means that this Law sets a minimum of protection, and is not used as a pretext to reduce better protection set elsewhere. If another law contains a provision more beneficial to the elderly person, this Law does not prevent its application.

This article follows Article 20, which regulates fines on private or non-profit care homes and on providers of public services on behalf of government bodies, the committee that reviews their violations, and challenges before the administrative court, and precedes Article 22, which requires the Minister to issue the Regulations within 90 days of the Law's publication. The article does not name the laws or agreements meant. Anyone wanting to know the most suitable protection for a particular case should consult a lawyer specializing in personal status cases and the rights of the elderly.