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FCO 8/1268

Workmen's compensation law, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to the Abu Dhabi Workmen’s Compensation Law, 1965, in particular complications created by the fact that the former Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan may have signed a different version of the law than that which appears in HMG’s gazettes. It includes Arabic copies of two versions of the law.
FCO 8/1649

Retrocession of jurisdiction in Bahrain, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file contains the Transfer of Jurisdiction (Miscellaneous Matters) Regulation, 1971, and related correspondence. The purpose of this regulation is to transfer jurisdiction over civil matters by retroceding to the Bahrain Contract Law, 1969, the Bahrain Civil Wrongs Ordinance, 1970, and the Bahrain Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, 1970.
FCO 8/743

Queen's regulations, 1967-1968

This file is about legal affairs and Queen's Regulations in Qatar, from May 1967 to October 1968. It contains correspondence relating to: Qatar Pharmacists Regulation, 1964 [the subject of Queen's Regulation No. 3 of 1964]; the Qatar Law Regulating the Entry and Residence of Foreigners in Qatar, 1963 and the Law amending it [Queen's Regulation No. 3 of 1963 and Regulation No. 4 of 1964 respectively], paralleled by Regulation No. 1 of 1965, published in the Persian Gulf Gazette 46, 1965; the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani's amendment of the Law [Regulation No.
FCO 8/681

Oil, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from J A N Graham to A E D Chamier about a Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) plan for the maintenance of essential services in the Company area in the event of a strike British Intelligence Survey on Kuwait and Kuwait Neutral Zone oil storage and distribution, including an appendix on product storage at Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery (as at December 1964) Daily average production figures for KOC for the first six months of 1966, and the first six months of 1967 released by St James's Advertising and Publishing Company Limited Letter from Ambass
FCO 8/113

Abu Dhabi: Workmens Compensation Nos 2 and 5, 1967

This file contains the following regulations: Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Abu Dhabi Workmen's Compensation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation, 1967, and related correspondence Memorandum by Francis Vallat which recommends that the Foreign Secretary allow this regulation

FCO 8/109

Trucial States: Abu Dhabi Labour, 1967

This file contains the following regulations, along with related correspondence: Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction (Abu Dhabi Labour) Regulation, 1967 Memorandum by Francis Vallat which recommends that the Foreign Secretary allow this regulation Abu Dhabi Labour Law, 1966

FCO 8/107

Bahrain: Patents, Design and Trade Marks, Labour and Kindred Matters, Leases of Land and Buildings, 1967

This file contains the following regulations, along with related correspondence: Bahrain Transfer of Jurisdiction (Patents, Designs and Trademarks) Regulation, 1967 Bahrain Transfer of Jurisdiction (Labour and Kindred Matters) Regulation, 1967 Bahrain Transfer of Jurisdiction (Leases of Land or Buildings) Regulation, 1967 Memorandum by Francis Vallat which recommends that the Foreign Secretary allow these regulations, which provide for the retrocession of Her Majesty's jurisdiction to the Ruler of Bahrain on certain civil matters as part of efforts to modernise the relationship

FCO 8/70

Labour relations , 1968

This file relates to social, industrial and labour developments in the Gulf, including the subversion of labour.
FO 371/109946

Labour legislation in the Persian Gulf: Employers Liability Ordinance, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Compilation of labour legislation in force in the Middle East by the International Labour Office.
FO 371/156689

Regulations on contract law in Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms, 1961

This file contains the 1961 Contract Law Regulations for Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar and the Trucial States, and related correspondence. These replace the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (1-2).

FO 371/127018

Labour Ordinances and labour affairs in Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Appointment by the Bahrain Government of Sheikh Ahmad Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to be Commissioner of Labour and the need to make amendments accordingly to the drafts of the Bahrain Employed Persons Compensation Ordinance and the Bahrain Labour Ordinance (36) Text of a talk, broadcast on Voice of the Arabs entitled 'The Arab workers in Bahrain' (37) Discussion of further amendments to be made to the Bahrain Employed Persons Compensation Ordinance and the Bahrain Labour Ordinance (38) Request from the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bi
FO 371/127013

Labour and workers' compensation in Trucial States, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sayyed Abdul Salaam, the Iraqi local Government expert, who has received instructions to remain in Dubai until April.