Article 13 of the Saudi Privileged Residency Law

This article specifies who sets the detailed rules for applying the Privileged Residency Permit Law.

1. The Implementing Regulations: they are prepared by the Privileged Residency Center in coordination with the relevant authorities, and issued by decision of the Committee.
2. Decisions and instructions: the Center issues the decisions and instructions needed to implement the provisions of the Law.

The importance of this article is that many of the Law's articles refer their details to the Regulations; Article 1, for example, leaves the specification of family members to "what the Regulations specify", and Article 12 refers to the Regulations for handling the effects of cancelling or terminating residency. Anyone who wants to know the practical procedures therefore does not rely on the text of the Law alone, but refers to the Regulations and the decisions issued by the Center.

The article distinguishes between two things: the Regulations, a document prepared by the Center that is issued only by decision of the Committee, and the executive decisions and instructions that the Center may issue itself. The article sets no deadline for issuing the Regulations and no particular subjects for the decisions; it gives a general power over everything needed to implement the provisions of the Law.