Order
Concerning Compliance with Public
Health and Safety and
Environment Protection Legislation
in the Emirate of Dubai[1]
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We, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Crown Prince of Dubai,
After
perusal of:
Local Order No.
(61) of 1991 Concerning Environment Protection Systems in
the Emirate of Dubai; and
Local Order No.
(11) of 2003 Concerning Public Health and Community Safety in the Emirate of
Dubai, and
For the purpose
of protecting public health and safety, and the
environment, in the Emirate of Dubai,
Do
hereby issue this Order.
The authorities,
public corporations, companies, and economic establishments operating in the
Emirate of Dubai, including those operating in free zones and the like, must,
in conducting their industrial, commercial, and service activities and
operations, comply with the public health and safety and environment protection
standards, conditions, and requirements stipulated in the legislation issued by
the Dubai Municipality. This includes obtaining the required licences and
approvals from the Dubai Municipality.
The competent
inspectors of the Dubai Municipality will have the power to monitor and inspect
the entities referred to in the preceding Article; to
access the sites where these entities conduct their activities and business to verify
whether
they are in compliance with the public health and safety and environment
protection legislation issued by the Dubai Municipality; and
to impose on violating entities the penalties and measures prescribed by such
legislation.
This Order comes
into force on the day on which it is issued, and will be published in the
Official Gazette.
Mohammed
bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown
Prince of Dubai
Issued in Dubai on 21 January 2004
Corresponding
to 29 Thu al-Qidah 1424 A.H.
©2020 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the
Emirate of Dubai
[1]Every effort has been made to produce an
accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the
purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the
original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the Arabic text will prevail.