Article 26 of the Saudi Eminent Domain Implementing Regulations

This is a closing article that sets the date the Implementing Regulations of the Law of Eminent Domain and Temporary Taking of Property take effect, and contains two rulings:

1. Publication: the Regulations are published in the Official Gazette.
2. Taking effect: they take effect from the date of their publication.

In practical terms, the provisions of the Regulations apply from the very day of publication, with no period between publication and the start of application. From that day the bodies that own projects and the inventory and assessment committees are bound by the procedures and controls in them.

The text presented does not state the publication date itself, so learning the day the Regulations began to apply requires referring to the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The provision that they take effect from the date of publication also means that procedures taken after that day are subject to their provisions, and the text presented contains no transitional provisions for procedures begun before it.

Anyone with expropriation procedures begun near the date the Regulations took effect who wants to know the rules that apply to them can consult a lawyer specializing in real estate or administrative cases.