Law No. (4) of 2020 Concerning the Establishment of the Department of Government Support

Article 1 — In the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and ¶

phrases shall have the meanings corresponding thereto, unless the context
requires otherwise:
State : The United Arab Emirates.
Emirate : The Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Executive Council : The Executive Council of the Emirate.
Department : The Department of Government Support.
Government
Support Sector
: All areas related to human resources, administrative
development, government procurements, statistics,
digital services, and any other area concerned with
providing government services to be determined by
the Executive Council.
Affiliated Entities : The entities operating in the Government Support
Sector affiliated to the Department and subject to
the control and supervision thereof.
Government
Entities
: The public departments, bodies and institutions,
centres, authorities, Concils funds and any other
entity affiliated to the Government.

Article 3 — The following entities shall be affiliated to the Department: ¶

1. Human Resources Authority in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
2. Abu Dhabi Digital Authority.

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3. Statitstics Centre - Abu Dhabi.
4. Abu Dhabi School of Government.
5. Any other entity determined by the Executive Council.
The Executive Council may change the affiliation of the affiliated entities to
any other entity.

Article 4 — The Department aims to develop the Government Support Sector and human, ¶

technical and digital capabilities, to improve the quality and effectiveness of
services provided by the Affiliated Entities, and to work on the establishment
of a culture of innovation, cooperation, flexibility and productivity in the
public sector of the Emirate.

Article 5 — The Department shall, in order to achieve its objectives, carry out the ¶

following:
1. Suggest strategic and executive plans of the Government Support Sector
in the Emirate, obtain approval of the same by the Executive Council and
supervise the implementation thereof.
2. Follow upon on the commitment of the Affiliated Entities in implementing
the strategic and executive plans of the Government Support Sector.
3. Oversee and observe all the Affiliated Entities, such as their budget
spending, the revenues achieved, their commitment to duties and
competencies and approval of their strategic and executive plans.
4. Regulate the Government Support Sector in all aspects by laying down
the executive and operating policies, standards, rules, resolutions and
circulars that regulate the sector.
5. Oversee and supervise the Government Support Sector according to
the legislations and the relevant agreements and conventions in force
locally and internationally in this sector, in coordination with the relevant
entities inside and outside the State.

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6. Organise government procurements and auctions, lay down the
regulations governing them, submit them to the Executive Council for
approval and, oversee their implementation as will as prepare and issue
reports in their regard in accordance with the legislations in force.
7. Develop and operate an IT platform for government procurements.
8. Strengthen the partnership with the private sector with the aim of
empowering and modernising the Government Support Sector and
increasing efficiency and effectiveness, in coordination with the relevant
entities.
9. Review the structure of the Government Support Sector in the Emirate
and submit proposals for improvement to the Executive Council.
10. Represent the Emirate in conferences and forums related to the
Government Support Sector.
11. Approve for the Affiliated Entities to conclude agreements and memoranda
of understanding related to their competencies, and host conferences,
seminars and workshops in accordance with the legislations in force.
12. Suggest fees, tariffs and prices related to its competencies and submit
them to the Executive Council for approval according to the rules in
force.
13. Submit periodic reports and analytical studies to Abu Dhabi Executive
Office concerning the Department’s competencies.
• The Department may delegate some of its competencies to any other
Government Entity or outsource some of them to the private sector after
obtaining the approval of the Executive Council.
• The Executive Council may amend the competencies of the Department
stated in this Law or any other legislation by deletion, addition or transfer.

Article 6 — All Government Entities shall be subject to the regulations and systems of ¶

procurements and auctions issued in accordance with the provisions of this
Law, and the Executive Council or whomever it delegates may exempt any of

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the Government Entities from being subject to the provisions of this Article.

Article 7 — All persons, entities, government and private companies shall provide the ¶

Department with the documents and information required to assume or
implement its competencies.

Article 8 — • Supject to the academic powers and competencies of the Board of ¶

Trustees of Abu Dhabi School of Government, the management of the
Affiliated Entities shall be undertaken by a Director General appointed by
a resolution of the Executive Council.
• The Executive Council may determine any method to manage any of the
Affiliated Entities.

Article 9 — The Affiliated Entities shall submit all their requests to the Department for ¶

approval before submitting them to the Executive Council.

Article 10 — By a resolution of the Chairman of the Department, the Department may ¶

organise or provide all operational functions regarding support services,
including human and financial resources affairs, procurement, electronic
systems and other functions and services related to the corporate affairs of
the Affiliated Entities.

Article 11 — The Chairman of the Judicial Department Abu Dhabi shall, in agreement ¶

with the Chairman of Department, determine the Department’s employees
who shall have the capacity of judicial enforcement officers for the crimes
falling within their jurisdiction. They shall have the right to inspect and
supervise the entities, persons companies and establishments operating
in the Government Support Sector to ensure the implementation of the
provisions of this Law, regulations, rules, resolutions and circulars issued in
implementation thereof.

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Article 12 — • Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided by another law, ¶

whoever violates the provisions of this Law, its regulatory and executive
regulations and the rules, policies, resolutions and circulars issued in
implementation thereof shall be punished by an administrative fine not
exceeding AED (10,000,000) ten million Dirhams.
• The Department shall collect the administrative fines and the Chairman of
Department shall, after obtaining the approval of the Executive Council,
issue a table determining the violations and administrative fines prescribed
for each, without exceeding the fine limit set forth in this Article.
• The Chairman of Department or whodelegated for which may offer
reconciliation to the violator, provided that this is proven in the minutes
of the procedures. The violator accepting reconciliation shall pay a fine
equivalent to (75%) of the total administrative fine specified for the
violation, within a period not exceeding sixty days from the date of offering
reconciliation thereto.
• In all events, if the violator does not remove the effects of the violation
in a timely manner, the Department shall remove them at the violator's
expense.
• The regulatory and executive regulations of this Law shall determine the
reconciliation procedures stated above including their time limits.

Article 13 — • The Department may impose any of the following administrative sanctions: ¶

1. Notice.
2. Warning.
3. Placing the entity under financial, administrative and technical supervision.
4. Temporary suspension of activity.
5. Cancellation or suspension of licence.
6. Closure of the entity permanently or temporarily.
• Administrative sanctions may be grieved against before the Department
within sixty days from the date of notifying the grievant thereof. Failure to

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decide on the grievance within ninety days from the date of its submittal
shall be considered as rejection of the same.
• The regulatory and executive regulations of this Law shall specify the
procedures and rules of imposition of the above-mentioned administrative
sanctions.

Article 14 — • The Government Procurement Office and all its assets, rights, obligations ¶

and budget shall be transferred from the Department of Finance to the
Department.
• The employees of the Government Procurement Office determined by a
resolution of the Chairman of the Department of Finance in coordination
with the Chairman of the Department, shall also be transferred without
prejudice to their financial allocations.

Article 15 — • The Department shall be subject to the financial laws and rules in force at ¶

the Emirate.
• The Department's employees shall be subject to the human resources
laws and rules in force in the Emirate.
• The national employees shall be subject to the pensions and civil retirement
benefits law in force in the Emirate.

Article 16 — • The Chairman of Department shall, after the approval of the Executive ¶

Council, issue the regulatory and executive regulations of this Law.
• The policies, rules, regulations, resolutions and circulars in force shall
remain in effect to the limit that does not contradict with the provisions
of this Law, until issuance of the policies, rules, resolutions and circulars
implementing the provisions thereof.
• The Chairman of Department shall issue the executive and operating
policies, resolutions and circulars necessary for the implementation of
the provisions of this Law.

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Article 17 — Any text or provision violating or contradicting the provisions of this Law ¶

shall be repealed from the laws establishing the Affiliated Entities.
Any text or provision violating or contradicting the provisions of this Law
shall be repealed.

Article 18 — This Law shall be effective from the date of its issuance and published in ¶

the Official Gazette.
Issued by us in Abu Dhabi
On: 08 March 2020
Corresponding to: 13 Rajab 1441 Hijri
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ruler of Abu Dhabi

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