Article 15 of the Saudi White Land Fees Law

This article sets when the White Land Fees Law comes into force.

• Period: 180 days.
• Start of counting: From the date the Law is published in the Official Gazette.

This means that the Law does not apply immediately upon publication, but after 180 days have passed from the date of publication, so there is a period fixed by the text of the Law between its publication and its coming into force.

The article does not state the publication date itself, so knowing the day on which the Law took effect requires referring to its date of publication in the Official Gazette. This article also concerns the Law's entry into force in its original form, and does not address when later amendments to it take effect, which are governed by the decrees that issued them.

This article is linked to Article 14, which provides that the Council of Ministers forms the Ministerial Committee, and that it supervises implementation of the Law, proposes what it considers appropriate regarding it, and submits an annual report on that to the Council of Ministers. After the Law takes effect under this article, that committee supervises its implementation. As for which lands the fee applies to and when, this article does not address that.

Anyone with a question about when their land became subject to the fee is best advised to consult a lawyer specialized in real estate cases.