Khaberni - The General Manager of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority, Riyad Al-Kharabsha, confirmed on Saturday that the idea that individuals, as well as public employees, do not own public transport means has been a regulatory default ever since the existence of public transport, stating: "It is in the system and the regulation, and it’s not a new topic."
Al-Kharabsha stated that the idea of formulating the instructions in their current form came within the framework of aiming to unify and simplify procedures and to ease the burden on the citizen, as well as preparing and engineering procedures to align with the shift to the electronic stage.
He indicated that everything related to licensing, permits, and ownership transfer is a joint transaction with the Licensing Administration and the Customs Administration, and therefore, unifying the procedures and issuing unified models aims to organize the process and prepare the working environment for the transition to electronic services.
He added that the organizational details consist of adopting a unified model at the Licensing and Customs Administrations and the Authority, based on preparing a practical process environment specific to the service in preparation for the electronic transition, confirming that the regulations remain as they are, but the goal is to move from a manual service managed by individual procedures for each transaction to a unified model through which to transition to electronic services.
He explained that the purpose of the instructions is to prepare the procedural engineering and the workflow diagram to move the entire process from the manual character and individual procedures, which differ from one transaction to another, to unifying, simplifying, and facilitating the procedures.
Al-Kharabsha pointed out that the issuance of the instructions represents part of the work stages, and they will start being implemented within a broader plan for electronic transformation, noting that the state is obligated to move to electronic services by 2026, and that the Authority is working on a project that includes 42 services, all of which are expected to become electronic services by the end of 2026.
