Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Oman
Oman's Building Regulations (Ministerial Decision 48/2000, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources), article 55 as replaced by Ministerial Decision 10/2017 (Official Gazette 1178, 22 Jan 2017), require electric lifts in buildings to be usable and in good condition all year, and the owner must submit to the municipality, at least once a year, a certificate from a specialised company that the lift is fit or has been maintained; failure carries a OMR 100 fine and must be corrected within two weeks. Gulf standard GSO EN 81-20:2025 is published in Oman by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (GSO store). No dedicated lift law or third-party inspection body was found. Standards family recorded as EN only because the published lift standards are GSO adoptions of EN 81-20/-50 (2025) and EN 115-1 (2023); none was found to be made mandatory in Oman.
Who regulates lifts
Municipalities (Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources Building Regulations); Muscat and Dhofar municipalities' own rules not checked
Periodic inspection
Annual: owner submits a specialised company's lift fitness/maintenance certificate to the municipality at least once a year (Building Regulations art. 55, as amended 2017)
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found (certificate must come from a 'specialised company'; no licensing rule seen)
Laws, codes and standards
- Building Regulations (Ministerial Decision 48/2000), art. 55 as amended by Ministerial Decision 10/2017 (2017) — Building Regulations - electric lifts must be kept fit; annual fitness certificate to the municipalityMandatory · Ministerial Decision 48/2000 as amended by Ministerial Decision 10/2017 (Official Gazette 1178, 22 Jan 2017); fine OMR 100 (annex 1, item 23) · Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources
- GSO EN 115-1 (2023) — Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installationVoluntary · GCC Standardization Organization (GSO)
- GSO EN 81-20 (2025) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger liftsVoluntary · GCC Standardization Organization (GSO)
- GSO EN 81-50 (2025) — Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Examinations and tests - Part 50: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift componentsVoluntary · GCC Standardization Organization (GSO)
Lift associations and bodies
Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.