Doha: The Cabinet yesterday took measures to issue a draft law amending some provisions of Decree Law No. 29 of 1966 on the regulation of sea ports after examining recommendations of the Advisory Council on the draft law.
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting at Emiri Diwan.
According to changes, commodities and containers that remain in warehouses and other areas of ports a month after arrival without being picked or a month after arrival without being exported, are to be sold in line with regulations to be issued via a decision by the Minister of Transport, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud.
The Cabinet also took measures to issue a draft law amending some provisions of the communications law issued as Decree Law No. 34 of 2006 after it discussed recommendations of the council.
The draft law stipulates that Communications Regulatory Authority can impose one of the penalties stipulated in the table attached to the law on the licensee for violating provisions of the law, its executive regulations, or decisions and licences issued in its implementation. This applies to cases other than crimes and punishments stated in Chapter 16 of the law.
A financial penalties committee will be established at the authority to arbitrate in cases of violation. It will be set up via a decision to be issued by the head of the authority. The panel will be headed by a judge of the Court of First Instance.
The panel must inform the licensee of the violation attributed to them and the need to submit remarks within 30 days of being notified. If a licensee does not submit remarks within this period or submitted but the committee decided they were unacceptable, then the panel is entitled to impose a financial penalty that should not exceed the specified maximum stipulated in the attached table. When evaluating the penalty, the committee will consider the severity of the violation and its consequences.
The session ratified a Cabinet draft decision extending the waiving of concession fees to Qatar Ports Management Company in accordance with Decree Law No. 17 of 2009 on the establishment of Qatar Ports Management Company.
It endorsed two draft decisions by the Minister of Economy and Commerce on fees for registering and renewing licences for consultancy services, templates of application forms for registration and renewal and registration certificates for consultancy services.
The two decisions are within the framework of completing procedures for the regulation of consultancy business services and registering and renewing licences in line with Law No. 10 of 2012 on the regulation of consultancy business services and Cabinet Decision No. 54 of 2014 on specifying terms and conditions for granting licences to experienced international consultancy service offices and their obligations. QNA
