Legal & Regulatory Frameworks
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Browse the laws, regulations and legal instruments shaping infrastructure investment and delivery across InfraLex markets.
Federal Decree-Law on Value Added Tax, as amended by Federal Decree-Law No. 16 of 2025
United Arab Emirates · Decree
TaxAmended
Federal VAT framework, materially amended effective 1 January 2026 — a current, active-legislative-change instrument relevant to infrastructure project financin…
Federal Law No. 20 of 2016 (Mortgage of Movable Property as Security for a Debt)
United Arab Emirates · Law / Act
Security / CollateralRepealed
UAE's former movable-property security law, repealed and superseded by Federal Law No. 4 of 2020. Retained for historical reference only.
Federal Law No. 4 of 2020 (Security over Movable Property), with its 2021 Executive Regulations (Collateral Registry)
United Arab Emirates · Law / Act
Security / CollateralIn Force
Current federal security/collateral framework and collateral registry, superseding Federal Law No. 20 of 2016 — relevant to project-finance security packages.
Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 (Arbitration), as amended by Federal Law No. 15 of 2023
United Arab Emirates · Law / Act
Arbitration & Dispute ResolutionAmended
Federal arbitration framework governing dispute resolution for UAE infrastructure and PPP contracts.
Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
South Africa · Law / Act
Banking & FinanceAmended
Licenses and regulates South Africa's market infrastructure — exchanges, central securities depositories, clearing houses, central counterparties and trade repo…
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Act 23 of 2021
South Africa · Law / Act
Banking & FinanceInsolvency / BankruptcyPartially In Force
Inserts a new Chapter 12A (Resolution of Designated Institutions) into the Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017, designating SARB as resolution authority f…
Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017
South Africa · Law / Act
Banking & FinancePartially In Force
Establishes South Africa's cross-sector Twin Peaks regulatory architecture: SARB's primary financial-stability responsibility, the Prudential Authority (safety…
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)
United Kingdom · Law / Act
Banking & FinanceIn Force
Principal UK financial services regulatory statute, governing regulated activities relevant to project financing, lending and financial advisory work across the…
Foreign Capital Investment Law
Oman · Law / Act
Foreign InvestmentIn Force
Framework statute governing foreign participation in Omani enterprise, replacing the prior foreign-ownership-ceiling regime with a general permission for up to…
Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
Nigeria · Law / Act
Foreign Exchange / Capital ControlsIn Force
Federal framework statute governing foreign exchange monitoring, repatriation and capital-control matters in Nigeria.
