Law No. (15) of 2020
Transferring Certain
Functions of the
Awqaf and Minors
Affairs Foundation to the
Community Development Authority in Dubai[1]
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We, Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai,
After perusal of:
Law No. (3) of 2003 Establishing the
Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai;
Law No. (9) of 2007 Establishing the
Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (the “AMAF”);
Law No. (8) of 2015 Concerning the
Community Development Authority in Dubai (the “CDA”);
Law No. (1) of 2016 Concerning the
Financial Regulations of the Government of Dubai;
Law No. (8) of 2018 Concerning Management
of the Government of Dubai Human Resources;
Decree No. (29) of 2020 Forming the
Supreme Committee for Development of the Government Sector in the Emirate of
Dubai;
Executive Council Resolution No. (29) of
2011 Approving the General Organisational Structure of the Awqaf and Minors
Affairs Foundation;
Executive Council Resolution No. (26) of
2015 Approving the Organisational Structure of the Community Development
Authority in Dubai;
Executive Council Resolution No. (40) of
2015 Concerning the Functions of the General Secretariat of the Executive
Council of the Emirate of Dubai; and
The presentation of the Chairman of the
Supreme Committee for Development of the Government Sector in the Emirate of
Dubai,
Do hereby issue this Law.
As of the date on which this Law comes into force, the AMAF
functions and role related to guardianship over persons, as stipulated in the
above-mentioned Law No. (9) of 2007, the resolutions issued in pursuance
thereof, and the legislation in force in the Emirate, are hereby transferred to
the CDA.
a.
The following is
hereby transferred from the AMAF to the CDA:
1.
the duties and
functions that are assigned to the AMAF under the above-mentioned Law No. (9)
of 2007 and that are relevant to the moveable and immoveable property allocated
to Minors and Persons of Similar Status;
2.
the Social Research
and Studies Section and the Welfare Section, which are organisationally aligned
under the Minors' Affairs Department as per the organisational structure of the AMAF approved pursuant to the
above-mentioned Executive Council Resolution No. (29) of 2011. The Director
General of the CDA will, in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Executive Council, determine the organisational
unit to which these sections will be transferred; and approve the
description of their functions;
3.
the donations,
gifts, bequests, Zakat, alms, endowments, and financial support allocated by
the Government of Dubai to Minors and Persons of Similar Status, excluding the
investments by the AMAF of the property of Minors and Persons of Similar Status
with the aim of developing and maintaining such property;
4.
the AMAF Employees
mutually agreed upon, by the CDA and the AMAF, to be transferred to the CDA to
enable it to perform the duties and functions related to the property of Minors
and Persons of Similar Status as stipulated in sub-paragraph (a)(1) of this
Article, and to perform the duties of the two organisational units transferred
to the CDA under sub-paragraph (a)(2) of this Article. These Employees will be governed by the above-mentioned Law No. (8) of 2018, and will retain their existing rights; and
5.
the financial
appropriations allocated by the Department of Finance, in the annual budget of the AMAF, to the
two organisational units referred to in
sub-paragraph (a)(2) of this Article and to the AMAF Employees
transferred to the CDA pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (a)(4) of this Article.
b.
All rights and obligations of the AMAF in respect
of the organisational units referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(2) of this Article and in respect of the property of
the Minors and Persons of Similar Status are hereby transferred to the CDA.
The CDA and the AMAF must coordinate with the concerned entities in
the Emirate of Dubai to comply with the provisions of this Law within no later
than three (3) months from the date on which this Law comes into force. The
Chairman of the Executive Council may, where required, extend this time frame for
the period he deems appropriate.
The Chairman of the Executive Council will issue the resolutions
required for the implementation of the provisions of this Law.
Any provision in any other legislation will be repealed to the
extent that it contradicts the provisions of this Law.
This Law comes into force on the day on which it is issued, and
will be published in the Official Gazette.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Ruler
of Dubai
Issued in Dubai on 24 November 2020
Corresponding to 9 Rabi al-Thani 1442 A.H.
©2021 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.