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HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued Law No. 4 of 2014 yesterday amending some provisions of Law No 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food. |
According to Article 1 of the law, the names of “The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning” and “The Supreme Council of Health” shall be replaced by “The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture” and “The Ministry of General Health” respectively.
The law was issued after perusal of the Constitution and Law No 8 of 1990 concerning the organisation of monitoring human food, and the Emiri decision No 13 of 2009 to establish the Supreme Council of Health, and the Emiri decision concerning the structure of the Ministry of Municipality and the proposal by the Minister of Municipality.
Article 2 says the texts of Articles 19 and 32 of Law No 8 of 1990 shall be replaced by the following texts: Article 19- “The employees of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, the Supreme Council of Health and Qatar General Organisation for Standards and Specifications who are authorised to make judicial seizures based on a decision issued by the Attorney General and as agreed with the competent Minister, may seize and prove the crimes which are committed in violation of the provisions of this law and its implementing decisions.”
Article 32- “Without prejudice to the punishments specified in this Law, the place/store where a violation is committed may be closed by a decision issued by the director of the concerned municipality, the director of the concerned department of the Supreme Council of Health and the director of the concerned department of Qatar General Organisation for Standards and Specifications. The closure shall be for a period of not more than 60 days.
“In all cases, the administrative closure shall be for the whole store/place if its condition does not allow closure of the part where the violation was committed. The violator is obligated to pay the closure expenses. A sign shall be placed in the front of the store/place mentioning that it is closed for violation of the law for regulation of human food. The closure decision shall be published in the website of the authority that issued the closure decision.”
Any grievance against the closure can be submitted to the Minister of Municipality, the Minister of General Health or the Minister of Environment within 10 days from the date of notification of the decision.
The Minister shall answer to the grievance in 10 days from the date of its submission. If the aggrieved party did not receive an answer in 10 days, it would be deemed as rejection of the grievance and the closure decision shall be final.
