Article 31 of the Saudi Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law

This article specifies the body responsible for issuing the Implementing Regulations of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law, and the period allowed. Article 1 defines "the Regulations" as the Implementing Regulations of the Law, and "the Authority" as the Disability Care Authority, and Article 31 assigns the issuance of these Regulations to the Authority's board of directors.

The article contains two elements:

• Prior coordination: the board issues the Regulations after coordinating with the relevant bodies, so it does not act alone without consulting those bodies.
• The period: the Regulations are issued within 120 days counted from the date of issuance of the Law.

Note that Article 33 makes the Law apply after 120 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette; the two periods are equal in number of days, but the starting point differs: the Regulations' period starts from issuance, while the Law's entry into force is counted from publication.

This article does not state the content of the Regulations; it regulates only the body that issues them and the period. Anyone who wants to know the details of applying a right established by the Law should refer to the Law and its Regulations together. This provision comes among the final provisions, alongside Article 30, under which the Authority establishes a comprehensive statistical database on persons with disabilities, and Article 32, which makes the Law replace the Care of the Disabled Law. Anyone who needs to apply these provisions to a particular case would do best to consult a lawyer specializing in the rights of persons with disabilities.