Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday issued Law No. 8 of 2017 partially amending Law No. 9 of 2013 pertaining to the establishment of Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children.
The new law amends Article 2 of the previous law regarding definitions of the centre’s activities. These include the definition of the centre’s cultural activities comprising the programmes, projects, conferences, symposia, exhibitions, festivals, training programmes, parties, performing arts, visual and vocal arts, traditional and digital publications and their distribution and any other artistic or cultural activity organised by Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children with local or international participation, and within the scope of its objectives.
Article 3 of the new law states that Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children is a public entity that operates as a corporate organisation and has the legal capacity to engage in businesses and activities required to achieve its prescribed objectives.
Meanwhile, Article 8 of the new law defines the roles of the Board of Trustees of Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children, which include approving and overseeing the centre’s general policies, strategic plans, development plans, and operational plans. It also includes approving the programmes and time frame required to implement the centre’s general policies and strategic plans. The Board of Trustees will review the draft of the centre’s annual budget and final account statement before submission of the same to the authority concerned for approval. The Board of Trustees will also approve the administrative, financial and technical rules and regulations governing the centre.
Pursuant to the new law, the Board of Trustees may delegate any of its functions outlined in this law to any of its members or otherwise to the Executive Manager, on the condition that such delegation should be in writing and limited.
Article 13 of the new law limits the centre’s financial resources to the subsidy allocated from the government’s general budget, the fees collected by the centre against its services, the investment returns from the centre’s assets, and the incomes received from the centre’s activities and services, in addition to grants, donations, endowments, subsidies or any other financial resources accepted by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
This law comes into effect from the date of issuance and is to be published in the Official Gazette.
