The Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture,
based on the powers granted to him by law and after perusal of Royal Order 32043 dated 5 Jumada Al-Awwal 1444 [29 November 2022], approving that a number of government entities, including this ministry, review the laws, regulations, decisions, and their equivalent, that relate to violations, penalties, fines, assessment and collection mechanisms, and objections, and propose the necessary amendments to them, and referring to the matters presented by the undersecretary of the ministry for agriculture, regarding the draft amendment to the text of article 1 of the Executive Regulation of the Agriculture Law, issued by Ministerial Decision 14967 / 1 / 1444 dated 15 Muharram 1444 [13 August 2022], by adding the definition of “serious violation”, and as required by the interest of work,
hereby decides
First
The amendment to the Executive Regulation of the Agriculture Law is hereby approved by adding the definition of “serious violation” to article 1 of the Executive Regulation of the Agriculture Law as follows:
Serious violation: Actions mentioned in article 28 of the law and actions relating to fraud and deception or those that result in serious harm to humans, animals, plants, public health, the environment, or the public utilities.
Second
This decision comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, and must be communicated to those concerned to implement and act upon it.
May Allah provide success.
Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture
Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley
Issued on: 15 Rabi Al-Awwal 1446
Corresponding to: 19 September 2024
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5060 issued on 13 December 2024.